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MyDogsThoughts	November 1, 2011, 7:13am
Woof Woof!!! Vodka Drinker Posts: 5,160 Posts Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 78.41% Rep Score: +43 / -12 Location: Near a Lamp Post Approval: +38	Well one of the reasons anyway: BP = 101.5 yards x 68.5 yards VP = 114.5 yards x 77 yards That might not sound a lot, but add to the fact VP is as flat as a pancake and BP certainly isn't (just look how it rises towards the penalty spots). Just to be fully correct: VP is 1852.25 square yards bigger than BP, that's a awful lot of extra pitch to cover when you aren't used to it. I hope someone at the club is looking at this! [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0viO-Dm52sM/Rz9JfAGEp6I/AAAAAAAAD8Y/QB-YolLcMJ8/s320/big%2Bbones.jpg[/img] "I Love Bones, But I Think I'll Lick My Balls Now"
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MyDogsThoughts	November 1, 2011, 7:17am
Woof Woof!!! Vodka Drinker Posts: 5,160 Posts Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 78.41% Rep Score: +43 / -12 Location: Near a Lamp Post Approval: +38	Put another way VP is almost a third bigger than BP (if your maths is poor). [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0viO-Dm52sM/Rz9JfAGEp6I/AAAAAAAAD8Y/QB-YolLcMJ8/s320/big%2Bbones.jpg[/img] "I Love Bones, But I Think I'll Lick My Balls Now"
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Mighty_Mariner	November 1, 2011, 7:18am
Pontoonite Posts: 4,438 Posts Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 81.96% Rep Score: +42 / -9 Approval: +2,245 Gold Stars: 10	Really???? Seems an awful lot!!! "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We WILL remember them"
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MyDogsThoughts	November 1, 2011, 7:20am
Woof Woof!!! Vodka Drinker Posts: 5,160 Posts Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 78.41% Rep Score: +43 / -12 Location: Near a Lamp Post Approval: +38	Quoted from Mighty_Mariner Really???? Seems an awful lot!!! Them square yards don't half add up once you start multiplying them dimensions. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0viO-Dm52sM/Rz9JfAGEp6I/AAAAAAAAD8Y/QB-YolLcMJ8/s320/big%2Bbones.jpg[/img] "I Love Bones, But I Think I'll Lick My Balls Now"
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mike502	November 1, 2011, 8:55am
Snakebite drinker Posts: 399 Posts Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 90.32% Rep Score: +10 / 0 Approval: +328 Gold Stars: 4	Quoted from MyDogsThoughts Well one of the reasons anyway: BP = 101.5 yards x 68.5 yards VP = 114.5 yards x 77 yards I'm not certain, but isn't the BP pitch 101.5 x 68.5 METRES? Which corresponds to 111 x 75 yards - only 6% smaller than Vale Park.
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wigworld	November 1, 2011, 9:56am
Whiskey Drinker Posts: 3,126 Posts Per Day: 0.58 Reputation: 89.01% Rep Score: +32 / -3 Approval: +2,080 Gold Stars: 29	Using that argument, how come no-one else struggles there as much as us?
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MyDogsThoughts	November 1, 2011, 10:38am
Woof Woof!!! Vodka Drinker Posts: 5,160 Posts Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 78.41% Rep Score: +43 / -12 Location: Near a Lamp Post Approval: +38	Quoted from wigworld Using that argument, how come no-one else struggles there as much as us? Maybe the other teams pitches are closer in size? [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0viO-Dm52sM/Rz9JfAGEp6I/AAAAAAAAD8Y/QB-YolLcMJ8/s320/big%2Bbones.jpg[/img] "I Love Bones, But I Think I'll Lick My Balls Now"
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jock dock tower	November 1, 2011, 10:38am
Special Brew Drinker Posts: 7,716 Posts Per Day: 1.36 Reputation: 81.81% Rep Score: +55 / -12 Approval: +3,164	Biggest pitch in England. No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred of the Tory party. So far as I'm concerned they're lower than vermin. Aneurin Bevan.
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MyDogsThoughts	November 1, 2011, 10:53am
Woof Woof!!! Vodka Drinker Posts: 5,160 Posts Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 78.41% Rep Score: +43 / -12 Location: Near a Lamp Post Approval: +38	Can I just say Vale Park always looks huge compared to BP, but I've got it wrong, as mike502 states, my BP dimensions were in fact metres, compared to VP's in yards: very little differnec at all. I wonder why we struggle at VP then? Sorry for the mix up, but I'm only a Dog! [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0viO-Dm52sM/Rz9JfAGEp6I/AAAAAAAAD8Y/QB-YolLcMJ8/s320/big%2Bbones.jpg[/img] "I Love Bones, But I Think I'll Lick My Balls Now"
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Caveman	November 1, 2011, 11:35am
Table Wine Drinker Posts: 573 Posts Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 85.11% Rep Score: +9 / -1 Approval: +771 Gold Stars: 17	Earlier this year our local school's girls team played in the National Final agianst the holders, a team from Lewisham, which contained several players from Millwall and West Ham. The final was played on Vale Park. Before they travelled to the game, aware of the size of the playiing surface, the coaches talked about this with the team and how they should adapt.The girls took this on board and went with a positive attitude. They played the London team of the park and won 4-1. Give one good reason why we can't do the same. No prizes for the best answer(s) !
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