Does pitch size really matter?

West Ham shares the same size pitch as no fewer than eight fellow Premier League clubs.

The London Stadium pitch is 7,140 square metres. That’s the same size as Watford’s Vicarage Road surface, West Brom’s Hawthorns pitch, Sunderland’s Stadium of Light, Swansea City’s Liberty Stadium, Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium, Manchester United’s Old Trafford, Manchester City’s Etihad and Arsenal’s Emirates.

Only two pitches are bigger, Middlesbrough’s Riverside (7,245sqm) and the biggest of the lot, Hull City’s massive KCOM Stadium which is 8,436sqm.

Stoke City’s Bet365 ground (6,400sqm) and the pitches at London rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace (6,700sqm) are the smallest.

By comparison, the Boleyn Ground was 6,438 sqm

All five training pitches at Rush Green training ground are 7,140 sqm which is the same dimensions as the London Stadium.