Good about the run off areas but do you think they might widen the pitch a bit to reduce the gap between the stands and the play? (I think the playing pitch is allowed to be wider than Ballymena currently is under international pitch size rules).Run off areas in place ahead of the Europa League match at The Ballymena Showgrounds.
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Don't see it happening. The run-off was put in place to allow for pitch widening and to allow for UEFA games to be played there.Good about the run off areas but do you think they might widen the pitch a bit to reduce the gap between the stands and the play? (I think the playing pitch is allowed to be wider than Ballymena currently is under international pitch size rules).
I agree that the stands are recent so they wouldn't move the stands nearer each other. But surely the playing area of the pitch itself could be widened a few metres so that there is less of a gap - football pitches don't have to be a given size and ballymena's is less wide currently than many.Don't see it happening. The run-off was put in place to allow for pitch widening and to allow for UEFA games to be played there.
I could only really see maybe a running track asphalt placed between pitch and stands in the event that there was also greater development, perhaps stands behind the goal that would square-off the stadium.
The problem is that both stands at the ground are both relatively new/redeveloped that the distance from pitch to seats will exist for some time.
Currently the pitch meets UEFA size standards so not sure how much wider the pitch could be.I agree that the stands are recent so they wouldn't move the stands nearer each other. But surely the playing area of the pitch itself could be widened a few metres so that there is less of a gap - football pitches don't have to be a given size and ballymena's is less wide currently than many.
UEFA requirement is 100–105m length x 64–68m breadth.I agree that the stands are recent so they wouldn't move the stands nearer each other. But surely the playing area of the pitch itself could be widened a few metres so that there is less of a gap - football pitches don't have to be a given size and ballymena's is less wide currently than many.
The pitch is currently 100m x 64m I believe so could widen by 4m to reduce the gap.UEFA requirement is 100–105m length x 64–68m breadth.
Not impossible but would require additional excavation and seeding. But think the cost/benefit analysis would rule this one out.The pitch is currently 100m x 64m I believe so could widen by 4m to reduce the gap.