31 Jul 2004 by mick
marking and white lining a football pitch
I have volunteered to mark out a local football pitch for a charity event and need some tips on how to mark out and white line the pitch. There are no markings at present and so i am starting from scratch. Where do i start first!
2 Aug 2004 by pete
markings
start off at one corner using a 3 4 5 to get a right angle then work off that. u will need 100m tape 100m of string plenty of pegs and 2 markers
2 Aug 2004 by JB
Marking out
First of all download the football pitch marking in the useful info section of this site.
Then find an arbitrary line to be your goal line, making sure that 100 mtrs away will not be in a hedge etc. This line should be measured to as wide as you can get it in the space allowed (65-70m).
Use the 3,4,5 triangle to gain a right angle at one corner of your goal line and take a string line up the pitch following the right angle (95-105m).
Do the same at the other corner!
Now you have a goal line and 2 touchlines-Don't mark out anything yet!
Go to the chosen measured point at the end of one of the touchlines (say 100m) and do another 3,4,5 triangle towards the other touchline. Then string across so you have now strung out a rectangle.
To check the accuracy of the area, measure the two diagonals-they should be the same measurement.
Once in place and correct-mark along the inside of the strings.
Using a tape, find the centre of each goal, from the centre, make a mark on the goal line for six yard (30') and eighteen yard (66') boxes-do this at both ends.
Again using tape, measure from each corner up both touchlines, six yards and eighteen yards. While on the touchline measure to find middle.
Once you've got all the internal measurements marked with a small mark-string between corresponding marks and use paint.
Remember that you should mark on the inside of the string line.
Once the six and eighteen yard boxes are marked out, do the centre line-you should mark down the middle of the string line, but I tend to move the line over 2", when using a 4" marker so that I can follow the string line more accurately.
Finally put a string line up the centre of the pitch and measure from the back of the line (36') for the middle of the penalty spot at each end.
From the middle of the painted spot, measure 30' on the outside of the penalty box to get your arc.
Similarly put your centre spot/dash in, and again measure 30' out to make your centre circle.
All that's left are the quadrants at the corners, these should be 1m radius.
It is helpful to have two people, one marker, at least two string lines if not four and at least one 100 metre tape measure.
You will also need some metal pegs-but remember if you take ten out with you-make sure ten are counted back in, it's all too easy to find a lost peg with a mower-or worse a player in the future!!!
Good luck
2 Aug 2004 by mick
Wow!
Cheers JB the information is really helpful and easy to understand. Thanks for taking the time to reply, off to mark the pitch!
2 Aug 2004 by Hipper
football pitch
Mick. If there was no football pitch on this site before, follow what JB says.
BUT, if there was a football pitch and there are goals for it (i.e. posts and crossbar, not portable goals) then the first thing you should do before anything else is find the position of the sockets in which the goal posts sit.
You can make a good guess at finding these sockets by looking for wear marks in the goalmouths. If the conditions are droughty, you may even see where the goal line was as it might be greener. If you can't find the sockets by eye (and by poking around at roughly the right place with a screwdriver, say) you may need to use a metal detector. If you know someone with local knowledge, this would obviously help.
Once you've found the sockets you should run a string through the centre of both and this will be your goal line (putting a peg [you could use screwdrivers as pegs] near the centre of each socket will help). Do this at both ends and make marks where the touch line will be. Then, before any marking, check that the length of the touch line is the same for both sides (I allow an error of 1%, i.e. 1 metre). If they are stupidly out then either you've messed up or the sockets are not in the right place. If the latter, you will just have to make it look as good as you can.
Now you can mark the lines and set out the rest of the markings. No need for 3 4 5 in this case.
When you have completed the markings, have a general look at your work to see that it looks O.K.. In particular, when you look from one goal to the other, both goal box sides and the side of the centre circle should be in line.
Hopefully, all will be well, and you can be inwardly pleased with yourself!
17 Jul 2005 by Kevan
3 4 5 triangle
What is a 3 4 5 triangle and where would i get one?
kevin i have 2 you can buy off me!!
3:4:5 triangle.
The ratio of the measurements of the sides of a right angle triangle. i.e. the two smaller sides measuring say, 3m and 4m creating the right angle. The subsequent hypotinuse (diagonal connecting the right angle sides) should measure exactly 5m to create an exact right angle. Hence a 3:4:5 triangle.
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