Football Pitch Quality Standard

This Performance Quality Standards Interactive Playing Surface Estimator helps you determine what the specified level of quality the playing surface of the football pitch meets.

Performance Standard	Points scored
1. Structural Quality
A. Herbage
Length of herbage
Bare area
Total ground cover
Desirable grass species
Poa annua
Other undesirable grass species
Weeds - Large-leaved
Weeds - Small-leaved
Moss
Algae and Lichen
B. Pests and Diseases
Diseases
Earthworms
Pests
C. Profile
Root depth
Thatch depth
Rootzone medium
Rootzone silt & clay content
Infiltration rate
Evenness
Soil pH
Soil nutrient level P₂O₅
Soil nutrient level K₂O
Gradient
2. Presentational Quality
Appearance
Goal posts
Pitch line markings
Surface debris
Sward colour
3. Playing Quality
Ball roll
Hardness
Traction
Vertical ball bounce
	Total points
For the pitch, on the whole†, to represent the stated overall level of quality the number of points that need to be scored are as follows:
High Quality (optimum points 160) This is the maximum number of points possible.	136 - 160
Standard Quality (optimum points 96)	82 - 135
Basic Quality (optimum points 32)	27 - 81
Below Basic Quality	< 27
† The term 'on the whole' is defined as being within no less than 85% of the optimum number of available points.

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