Prestwich Marauders FC

Founded 1972

Greater Manchester

Pitches

Volunteers (can be managers or coaches, but can be anyone willing to help the club) are responsible for maintaining our pitches at our three sites:

  • St Mary's Park: 1 x nine-aside, 1 x seven-aside, 1 x five-aside, 4 x 3v3.
  • Sandgate Road Playing Fields: 2 x nine-aside, 1 x seven-aside
  • Sparks Field: 1 x junior 11-aside

All the containers at the sites have:

  • Goal posts for the relevant formats
  • Goal nets
  • Corner flags
  • Line marking equipment
  • Respect banners (for spectators to stand behind)
  • Respect boards (message asking for good behaviour)

Lining pitches

Line marking equipment, including paint machines, are kept in the containers on each site.

Paint is initially stored at Sparks Field, when delivered, and volunteers can collect what they need from there to transport to each other site. Water will need to be taken to each site in the large plastic bottles provided, and should always be replaced when used.

This is a good guide to how to line football pitches.

Paint should be mixed with water in the paint machines in a ratio of 50/50 paint to water. 

Pitches should be painted in the relevant sizes for the formats:

3v3 - for under-sevens.

Four pitches on a five-aside pitch.
  • Recommended pitch size: 15x10m.
  • Minimum pitch size: 15x10m.
  • Maximum pitch size: 20x15m.
  • Cones or flat markers to create the pitches.
  • Recommended goal size: 4x2.5ft.
  • Ball: Size three.
Find out more about the new 3v3 format.

5v5 pitch. 

Under-eights and under- nines
  • Recommended pitch size: 37x27m.
  • Minimum pitch size: 27x18m.
  • Maximum pitch size: 37x27m.
  • Goal size: 12x6ft.
  • Ball: Size three.
Find out more about 5v5.

7v7 pitch. 

Under-10s and under-11s
  • Recommended pitch size: 55x37m.
  • Minimum pitch size: 46x27m.
  • Maximum pitch size: 55x37m.
  • Recommended goal size: 12x6ft.
  • Ball: Size three.
Find out more about 7v7.

9v9 pitch. 

Under-12s and under-13s
  • Recommended pitch size: 73x46m.
  • Minimum pitch size: 64x37m.
  • Maximum pitch size: 73x46m.
  • Recommended goal size: 16x7ft.
  • Ball: Size four.
Find out more about 9v9.

11v11 pitches. 

Under-14s, under-15s, under-16s.
  • Recommended pitch size: 82x50m (U14s), 91x55m (U15-U16s), 100x64m (U17s and above).
  • Minimum pitch size: 82x46m (U14-U16s), 91x46m (U17s and above).
  • Maximum pitch size: 91x55m (U14s), 100x64m (U15s-U16s), 118x91m (U17s and above).
  • Recommended goal size: 21x7ft (U14s), 24x8ft (U15s and above).
  • Ball: Size five (U14s and above).
Find out more about 11v11.

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