Message Board - Football: centre circle and semi circle marking
9 Jul 2009 by Steve Foy Last edited 9 Jul 2009
i mark out the pitch for a local team i will soon be marking for the first time this year so as you will know there are no markings visable. i have no problem measuring and marking the pitch, but i do struggle with the best way to mark centre circle, semi circles on penalty boxes and quadrants.#
in the past i have measured from centre spot, penalty area or corner and tried to scribe a line with a peg, and then follow with line marker, as age creeps up on me i find this more difficult, so any tips to make life easier please
9 Jul 2009 by andy2110
just put a brush on a sweeping brush shaft and you havent got to bend over.
Thats all we do..use a 9.1m piece of string, peg in penalty or middle spot and dip brush in paint, make sure the string is tight and at the bottom of the peice of stick/broom handle and round you go.
hope that kind of made sense
9 Jul 2009 by sipho
With the aid of a helper get them to wrap the tape measure around thier index finger and walk infront of you as you push the marker.
hope that make sense easier to show than describe in words.
cheers sip
Gogga International Affairs Officer
9 Jul 2009 by Steve Foy
cheers will give them both a go thanks for the good advice
10 Jul 2009 by Aladdin
I have done something similar to Mr. Foy in the past.
What has occurred to me is to measure from spot and, using an aerosol, put a series of dots as a guide before marking out properly.
Thoughts?
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13 Jul 2009 by Paul-Plymouth
easiest way by far is to have some poor sod walk ahead holding the end of line that has been pegged securely, then just follow behind, if using wheel to wheel, just keep wheel centred on the line.
keep a few inches behind and you should get a good result
14 Jul 2009 by widdywoo
Can anyone tell me why these markings are necessary?
The referee can judge ten yards at a free kick, but he can't judge ten yards at the kick-off or a penalty?
Someone explain it to me!
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14 Jul 2009 by Barry Pace
Bit of history:
1902: The pitch makes its mark
Many of the markings we see today in pitches throughout the world are as a direct result of those and other laws as the game quickly began to find its legs. From village fields to parks and cricket pitches, the size of the playing area had gradually reduced over the years. Originally, of course, there were no markings, but with the introduction of rules and specific football stadiums came the white lines.
The kick-off required a centre spot; keeping players ten yards from kick off, brought the centre circle; a game of two halves, meant a centre line; throw-ins, two-handed from 1882 were taken behind the sidelines; goal kicks (1869) and corners (1873) fashioned the goal line and corner arc. When the penalty came in in 1891, it was not taken from a spot but anywhere along a 12-yard line before 1902.
The 1902 decision to award penalties for fouls committed in an area 18 yards from the goal line and 44 yards wide, created both the penalty box and penalty spot. Another box "goal area", commonly called the "six-yard-box", six yards long and 20 wide, replaced a semicircle in the goalmouth. However it was not for another 35 years that the final piece of the jigsaw, the "D" shape drawn at the end of the penalty area, was brought in to allow the penalty-taker a clear run up. (Source FIFA)
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14 Jul 2009 by sipho
for you history buffs
http://www.charterhouse.org.uk/about/history/football_history.asp
Gogga International Affairs Officer
14 Jul 2009 by widdywoo
Yes, but why can the referee judge ten yards at a free kick, but then is mysteriously unable to do so at the kick off, without the aid of a ruddy great line? 
"I'm cheap, and nought but fashion; fling me away."
14 Jul 2009 by Barry Pace
Widdy, generally at a free kick the oppo are in a small group in the direction of the goal (i did say in general) and a ref should check distance, this is reasonably practical to do. At a restart players can be spread over a distance of 31 yards around a 10y arc.... the line formalises the restart without a load of arguments about people being too close and allows the team to kick off with adequate distance at the first touch. In 11 a side it allows a cleaner quicker restart, smaller sided matches are less likely to have players 'crowding' a start/restart and so does not require any marks.
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