Stoke (6600 sq.m) photo below, Crystal Palace and White Hart Lane (6700), Everton (6800), Leicester (6834), Burnley (6864) and Liverpool (6868) fail to reach that minimum area due to limited space at their grounds.
Newcastle United (6968), Brighton and Hove Albion (7245) already have pitches that comply whereas Huddersfield Town has been asked to increased their width by a metre to come up to scratch, although other sources say their pitch is a sizeable 7245 too.
The new "White Hart Lane" is built to meet standard requirements and Pochettino has had a Wembley sized pitch marked out at their state of the art training ground.
The Wembley pitch is 2 yards (1.8m) wider and 5 yards (4.57m) longer than the present White Hart Lane. (1 yard = 0.914m)
Wembley measures in at 7245 sqm (105m x 69m).
Spurs won one of the five matches they played at Wembley last season and they also lost four games at the national stadium stretching back to the 2008 League Cup final. is it really pitch size that makes the difference?
Clubs that have no problems with size are Southampton, West Ham (London Stadium), Watford (all 6936), Arsenal, WBA, Man Utd, Man City, Bournemouth, Swansea (all 7140).
Middlesbrough (7245), Sunderland (7140) and Hull (a huge 8436) take their sizes to the Championship.
SIZES SEEM TO VARY FROM ONE SOURCE TO ANOTHER! HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
http://www.squawka.com/news/how-tottenham-must-adapt-to-the-size-of-the-wembley-pitch-if-they-are-to-continue-developing-next-season/937074
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