{"id":6158,"date":"2026-10-24T11:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/football-pitch-turf-take-off\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T11:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:25:41","slug":"football-pitch-turf-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/de\/football-pitch-turf-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Abtransport von Kunstrasen f\u00fcr Fu\u00dfballfelder: \u00dcberlauf, Rollen und Verschnitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\nh2 { font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 40px 0 18px; }\nh3 { font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.35; margin: 26px 0 12px; }\np { line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nul { margin-bottom: 28px; padding-left: 20px; list-style-type: disc; }\nol { margin-bottom: 28px; padding-left: 22px; }\nli { margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.6; }\ntable { display: table !important; width: 100% !important; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nth { text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; background: #1a5c2e; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 600; }\ntd { padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5; vertical-align: top; }\nfigcaption { text-align: center; font-style: italic; }\n.callout { border-left: 4px solid #1a5c2e; background: #f0f7f2; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 0 0 28px; }\n.callout p { margin-bottom: 0; }\n.callout-warning { border-left-color: #c8a11a; background: #fdf8e7; }\n<\/style>\n<p><!-- meta_title: Football Pitch Turf Take-Off: Rolls, Run-Off, Waste --><br \/>\n<!-- meta_description: A 105 \u00d7 68 m pitch is 7,140 m\u00b2 of surface but 7,200 m\u00b2 of turf on 4 m rolls. Run-off bands, roll counts, seam positions and why a flat 5% allowance fails. --><\/p>\n<p>A 105 \u00d7 68 m pitch is 7,140 m\u00b2 of playing surface, but it is 7,200 m\u00b2 of turf \u2014 72 rolls of 4 m \u2014 and 84 joints. Add the FA&#8217;s 3 m run-off and the same pitch becomes 8,214 m\u00b2, which is 68 rolls of 5 m. The gap between the first two numbers is a tail, not a waste allowance.<\/p>\n<p>That tail is what a football pitch turf order actually turns on. Every course across a 105 m pitch is four full 25 m rolls plus a leftover piece, and the leftover piece decides whether the order reads 72 rolls or 75. We cut rolls at 2, 4 and 5 m wide by 25 m long. Every figure on this page can therefore be re-run against a real roll and a real drawing.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"answer\">7,140 Square Metres, 72 Rolls and 84 Seams<\/h2>\n<p>Those four numbers measure different things. 7,140 m\u00b2 is the playing surface inside the lines, with the 12 cm line width already inside the figure. 7,200 m\u00b2 is the same rectangle as football pitch turf on 4 m rolls: 17 strips, each four full rolls plus a 5 m tail. The nesting leaves only 60 m\u00b2 over.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Playing surface: 105 \u00d7 68 m = 7,140 m\u00b2, lines included in the measurement.<\/li>\n<li>Turf on 4 m rolls: 17 strips, 72 rolls, 7,200 m\u00b2 ordered, 60 m\u00b2 over the playing area.<\/li>\n<li>Joints: 84 in total \u2014 68 transverse cuts and 16 longitudinal seams.<\/li>\n<li>With the FA&#8217;s 3 m run-off: 111 \u00d7 74 m = 8,214 m\u00b2, which is 68 rolls of 5 m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot1.webp\" alt=\"Close view of a painted white line on artificial turf with sand between the fibres\" class=\"wp-image-6155\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot1.webp 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot1-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>The painted rectangle is 7,140 m\u00b2; the order always covers more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"rectangle\">Choose the Rectangle Before You Count Rolls<\/h2>\n<p>Nothing in this chain works until the rectangle is fixed, because every later number multiplies it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theifab.com\/laws\/latest\/the-field-of-play\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law 1 of the Laws of the Game<\/a> sets the range: 90\u2013120 m by 45\u201390 m for general play, and 100\u2013110 m by 64\u201375 m for international matches. The competition fixes the value inside the range, and 105 \u00d7 68 m is a recommendation, not a mandate. Every football pitch turf count inherits that choice.<\/p>\n<p>The English 3G recommendation is a different rectangle: 100 \u00d7 64 m, or 6,400 m\u00b2. Add a 3 m run-off on all four sides and it becomes 106 \u00d7 70 m and 7,420 m\u00b2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/football-field-dimensions-guide-standard-soccer-pitch-sizes\/\">The pitch dimensions behind each tier<\/a> \u2014 line widths, penalty areas, age-grade sizes \u2014 sit in the dimensions guide, so this take-off takes the rectangle as an input and stops.<\/p>\n<p>Five-a-side and futsal frames follow their own sizing rules; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/5-a-side-pitch-turf-square-metres\/\">the same tail-counting logic on a 5-a-side pitch<\/a> is worked through separately. The rest of this take-off stays with eleven-a-side rectangles.<\/p>\n<h3>Which Rectangle the Competition Fixes<\/h3>\n<p>Law 1 measures from the outside of the lines, and the lines belong to the area they enclose, so a stated size already contains its own markings. Nothing is added for paint before the count starts.<\/p>\n<h3>Why 100 Metres and 105 Metres Behave Differently<\/h3>\n<p>100 m divides by 25 exactly, and 105 m does not \u2014 the whole tail argument starts at that 5 m. On 4 m rolls, 100 \u00d7 64 m takes 16 strips of four whole rolls each: 64 rolls and 6,400 m\u00b2, the only zero-waste footprint in this take-off. Every other recommended frame leaves a tail, and the tail is where the rest of this page goes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot2.webp\" alt=\"Marked football pitch seen from the touchline with white lines and a corner flag\" class=\"wp-image-6156\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot2.webp 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot2-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot2-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot2-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>A marked rectangle seen from the touchline, corner flag in view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"run-off\">Four Run-Off Bands, Four Paving Areas<\/h2>\n<p>Run-off is football pitch turf, not spare ground: the same carpet continues past every line. <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.fifa.com\/es\/football-stadiums-guidelines\/technical-guideline\/stadium-guidelines\/pitch-dimensions-and-surrounding-areas\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA&#8217;s pitch and surrounding-area guidance<\/a> sets the benchmark at 2 m of level surface beyond every touchline and goal line, ideally in the same surface as the pitch. On a 105 \u00d7 68 m frame that benchmark alone turns 7,140 m\u00b2 into 109 \u00d7 72 m, or 7,848 m\u00b2, an extra 708 m\u00b2.<\/p>\n<p>Higher tiers add more. <a href=\"https:\/\/rugby.gov.uk\/documents\/d\/guest\/cd18-11_fa_guide_to_ftp_designs_layouts-pdf?download=true\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The FA guide to 3G pitch layouts<\/a> requires 3 m run-offs on all sides of the main pitch, free of any obstacle. FIFA&#8217;s larger stages go further: 5 m behind each goal line and 4 m beyond each touchline. Smaller stadiums take 4 m behind the goals and 3 m at the sides.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Playing area only \u2014 105 \u00d7 68 m: 7,140 m\u00b2, the base every band adds to.<\/li>\n<li>FIFA benchmark, 2 m beyond every line \u2014 109 \u00d7 72 m: 7,848 m\u00b2, +708 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<li>FIFA small stadium, 4 m behind the goals and 3 m at the sides \u2014 113 \u00d7 74 m: 8,362 m\u00b2, +1,222 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<li>English 3G, 3 m on all sides \u2014 111 \u00d7 74 m: 8,214 m\u00b2, +1,074 m\u00b2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefa.com\/-\/media\/cfa\/essexfa\/files\/miscellaneous\/2022\/handbook-2022\/section-34---goalpost-and-pitch-sizes-and-line-marking.ashx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The FA&#8217;s run-off guidance<\/a> sets 1.83 m as the pyramid-league minimum, 2 m ideally and 3 m for a new ground. It adds the clause that decides quality: 3G used as a run-off must meet the performance standards of a full-size pitch and be green.<\/li>\n<li>FIFA large stadium, 5 m behind the goals and 4 m at the sides \u2014 115 \u00d7 76 m: 8,740 m\u00b2, +1,600 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ladder reads 7,140, 7,848, 8,214, 8,362 and 8,740 m\u00b2. Each band belongs to a level \u2014 FIFA benchmark, English 3G, FIFA small stadium, FIFA large stadium \u2014 not to a preference. The quality clause is why the run-off cannot be a cheaper carpet. The surface outside the lines answers to the same standard, so 7,140 m\u00b2 becomes 8,214 m\u00b2 of one product. No single value is recommended worldwide; the tier a project answers to sets the frame.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot3.webp\" alt=\"Green artificial turf running from the white line out to a perimeter fence\" class=\"wp-image-6157\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot3.webp 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot3-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot3-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot3-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/football-pitch-turf-take-off-slot3-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>The same surface continues beyond the line to the fence behind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"segments\">A 25 Metre Roll Cannot Run 105 Metres<\/h2>\n<p>A 25 m roll cannot run a 105 m touchline, so every course is four full rolls plus a tail. The tail is 5 m on a 105 m pitch, 9 m on 109, 11 m on 111, 13 m on 113 and 15 m on 115. Four transverse cuts per course is arithmetic, not a preference: 109 \u00f7 25 = 4.36, so five pieces. Some take-offs assume one continuous 109 m strip, which no 25 m roll can deliver.<\/p>\n<h3>Four Rolls Plus a Tail, Every Course<\/h3>\n<p>The full sequence across the recommended frames is 0, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13 and 15 m \u2014 zero only where the length divides by 25. The FA&#8217;s outer rectangle at 106 m carries a 6 m tail. Every one of those tails is a real cut with a real joint, so a 105 m course shows four transverse seams no matter which width runs across the pitch.<\/p>\n<h3>The One Length That Fits Exactly<\/h3>\n<p>100 m is the only recommended length that divides by 25. That is why 100 \u00d7 64 m on 4 m rolls is 64 rolls and 6,400 m\u00b2 with nothing left over. It is 16 strips of four whole rolls each, with no tail pieces to buy. Every other frame here leaves a tail, and the tail decides the order.<\/p>\n<p>The same segmentation runs through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/running-track-infield-turf\/\">how a running track infield take-off is built<\/a>, where 25 m roll lengths meet a curved, multi-lane geometry. A football frame is the simple case: one laying direction, one tail length, one nesting decision.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"width\">Strip Count, Trim and Seam Metres by Width<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-tiered-display-rolls-sample-turf-layers.jpg\" alt=\"Four artificial grass rolls stacked in step formation, each showing its pile side\" class=\"wp-image-2753\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-tiered-display-rolls-sample-turf-layers.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-tiered-display-rolls-sample-turf-layers-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-tiered-display-rolls-sample-turf-layers-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-tiered-display-rolls-sample-turf-layers-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-tiered-display-rolls-sample-turf-layers-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Roll width is chosen once per order; the pile side is what the installer sees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Roll width decides how many strips run across the pitch, and the strip count decides everything downstream: rolls, trim, seams and seam metres. On the 105 \u00d7 68 m rectangle the three standard widths give three different orders, and all three are correct. Strips run across the pitch, so trim lives in the width direction and tails live in the length direction.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Roll width<\/th>\n<th>Strips<\/th>\n<th>Rolls<\/th>\n<th>Order area<\/th>\n<th>Leftover<\/th>\n<th>Seams<\/th>\n<th>Seam length<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>5 m<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>7,375 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>+235 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>69<\/td>\n<td>1,645 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4 m<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>72<\/td>\n<td>7,200 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>+60 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<td>1,952 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 m<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>143<\/td>\n<td>7,150 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>+10 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>169<\/td>\n<td>3,737 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Read the roll column against the frame, not against habit. On this rectangle 5 m rolls take 59 rolls and 4 m rolls take 72, and both figures are right. The 68 belongs to a different frame \u2014 111 \u00d7 74 m with run-off \u2014 and has no business on a 105 \u00d7 68 count.<\/p>\n<p>The 5 m row wins on work and loses on material. Fourteen strips lay 70 m across a 68 m pitch, so 2 m of width is trimmed off every course. The least-work option therefore buys 175 m\u00b2 more turf than the 4 m row. Against 4 m rolls it saves 13 rolls, 15 seams and 307 m of seam length.<\/p>\n<p>The 2 m row is the mirror image. It leaves almost nothing over, 10 m\u00b2 across 34 strips, but carries 169 seams totalling 3,737 m \u2014 2.27 times the seam length of the 5 m row. Narrow rolls earn their keep on small or irregular areas, not on a full-size frame.<\/p>\n<h3>Where the Leftover Comes From<\/h3>\n<p>Divisibility settles the leftover before nesting even starts. On a 68 m wide pitch 4 m rolls tile exactly; on a 74 m wide pitch they do not. 74 \u00f7 4 = 18.5, which rounds up to 19 strips and 2 m of trim. Four-metre rolls divide 64, 68, 72 and 76 m cleanly; 5 m rolls divide none of the common widths.<\/p>\n<p>Compare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/netball-court-turf-quantity\/\">the same roll-width trade-off on a netball court<\/a>, where widths are smaller but the arithmetic is identical: labour saved is turf spent, and turf saved is labour spent.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nesting\">Tail Nesting Decides the Roll Count<\/h2>\n<p>A roll count is not tail length divided by 25. It runs in four steps. First, the tail is the pitch length minus 100 m. Second, one roll yields as many tail pieces as 25 divided by the tail, rounded down.<\/p>\n<p>Third, tail rolls are the strip count divided by that yield, rounded up. Fourth, the total is four whole rolls per strip plus the tail rolls. At a 5 m tail the yield is 5, at 9 m and 11 m it is 2, and at 13 m and 15 m it is 1. That single integer is the whole difference between orders.<\/p>\n<p>Never divide tail length by 25; divide 25 by tail length. Read the wrong way, an 11 m tail looks like a fraction of one roll. Read the right way, each roll carries two 11 m pieces, and the strip count says how many rolls the tails need.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout callout-warning\">\n<p><strong>The run-off jump.<\/strong> Move the goal-line run-off from 3 m to 4 m and the frame grows from 111 \u00d7 74 m to 113 \u00d7 74 m. Paving adds 148 m\u00b2, but the order jumps from 8,500 to 9,375 m\u00b2 \u2014 875 m\u00b2 more. The tail moves from 11 m to 13 m, so each roll cuts one tail piece instead of two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Five-tier counts stay in step across widths. On 5 m rolls the five frames take 59, 68, 68, 75 and 80 rolls; on 4 m rolls, 72, 81, 86, 95 and 95. On 2 m rolls the same five frames take 143, 162, 167, 185 and 190. The only perfect fit in the set is 100 \u00d7 64 m on 4 m rolls: 64 rolls, zero leftover.<\/p>\n<p>A football pitch turf order is a stack of strips first and an area second. The area follows from the roll count, never the other way round.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cta-box\" style=\"background-color:#1a2b3c;border-radius:6px;padding:30px;margin:35px 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#ffffff;margin-top:0;\">Run-off breaks the 25 m grid \u2014 what then?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff;\">Roll width and length are cut to the drawing, so a 13 m tail no longer needs a whole roll. Send the pitch outline and your run-off choice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/customization\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#1a5c2e;color:#ffffff;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;\">Send Your Pitch Drawing for a Nesting Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"joints\">Four Joints Land on a 105 Metre Pitch<\/h2>\n<p>Start at a goal line and the four transverse joints sit at 25, 50, 75 and 100 m. No published rule fixes seam positions; the 25 m grid does. The same geometry-first counting runs through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/cricket-outfield-turf-roll-count\/\">how a cricket outfield roll count is built<\/a>, where the boundary rope replaces the goal line.<\/p>\n<h3>Twenty-Five, Fifty, Seventy-Five, One Hundred<\/h3>\n<p>The 50 m joint crosses the centre circle, which spans 43.35 to 61.65 m along a 105 m pitch. The 100 m joint sits inside the far penalty area, 5 m from the goal line and 0.5 m inside the goal area line. That is not a laying mistake; it is where the grid lands.<\/p>\n<p>All four joints cannot miss the 16.5 m end zones. The free run between the two penalty areas is 105 \u2212 2 \u00d7 16.5 = 72 m, while the four joints span 3 \u00d7 25 = 75 m. At least one joint lands inside an end zone on every 105 m layout, and no starting point changes that.<\/p>\n<h3>Can You Move Them?<\/h3>\n<p>What the documents allow is convention, not a rule. Transverse joints are staggered away from in-pitch lines, so an inlaid marking does not need a second cut. Longitudinal joints stay out of the high-wear band straight in front of each goal. The pile runs one direction across the whole field, so the seams stay invisible in raking light.<\/p>\n<p>Longer frames can clear the end zones. Starting 17 m in on a 109 m or 111 m pitch puts the joints at 17, 42, 67 and 92 m, clear of the penalty areas and the circle. The price is material. Each course splits into 25, 25, 25, 17 and 17 m pieces, and the two 17 m pieces each take a whole roll. The order climbs from 81 rolls to 90, and the purchase from 8,100 to 9,000 m\u00b2.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"waste\">Waste Is What Is Left After Nesting<\/h2>\n<p>Waste is what is left after nesting, and it arrives as three leftovers rather than one percentage. No official waste rate exists for football pitch turf. Every percentage below is derived from the 25 m roll layouts here, and each one can be recomputed from a strip count.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Length allowance: a 105 m course reads 19.05% before nesting on 25 m rolls, and 0.84% after nesting on 4 m rolls.<\/li>\n<li>Width trim: 5 m rolls lay 70 m across a 68 m pitch, and the 2 m overhang is trimmed. Four-metre rolls trim nothing at 68, 72 or 76 m.<\/li>\n<li>Tail remainder: a roll carrying 11 m tails uses 22 m and keeps 3 m; a roll carrying 13 m tails keeps 12 m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Across every footprint and width in this take-off, the leftover runs from 0% to 14.42%. Three points mark the range. 0.84% sits on 105 \u00d7 68 with 4 m rolls. 3.48% falls on 111 \u00d7 74 with 5 m rolls, and 12.11% on 113 \u00d7 74 with the same width. The spread comes from tail nesting, not from site conditions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout callout-note\">\n<p><strong>Why a flat 5% fails both ways.<\/strong> Five percent on 7,140 m\u00b2 is 7,497 m\u00b2, which over-buys the 4 m roll order of 7,200 m\u00b2 by 297 m\u00b2. On 113 \u00d7 74 m with 5 m rolls the same 5% gives 8,780 m\u00b2 against a real need of 9,375 m\u00b2, which is 595 m\u00b2 short.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once the nesting is done, the allowance is already inside the roll count. Adding a percentage on top double-counts it. Compute the strips and the tails first, then decide whether any margin is needed at all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stacked-rolls-circular-tubes-warehouse.jpg\" alt=\"Ends of stacked artificial grass rolls with cardboard cores visible\" class=\"wp-image-2742\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stacked-rolls-circular-tubes-warehouse.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stacked-rolls-circular-tubes-warehouse-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stacked-rolls-circular-tubes-warehouse-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stacked-rolls-circular-tubes-warehouse-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stacked-rolls-circular-tubes-warehouse-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Every roll end is a width decision; the offcuts are what nesting leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"sheet\">What Else Rides on the Take-Off Sheet<\/h2>\n<p>Area and roll count are half of a football pitch turf take-off. Six more inputs decide whether the count comes back right the first time, because each one moves either the frame or the cut.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Run-off band \u2014 naming 2, 3, 4+3 or 5+4 m, because the choice moves 708 to 1,600 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<li>Laying direction and strip count \u2014 the roll table only closes once both are fixed.<\/li>\n<li>Roll width and roll length \u2014 the one spec item a take-off cannot invent; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/sports-artificial-grass\/football-turf\/\">football turf systems<\/a> page separates standard widths from cut-to-order lengths.<\/li>\n<li>Tail handling \u2014 loose pieces cut at 25 m, or tails already nested into whole rolls.<\/li>\n<li>Perimeter build-up \u2014 a 300 mm mowing strip outside every 3G surface decides where the turf ends. Folding goals add 300 mm on all sides, which turns 111 \u00d7 74 m into 111.6 \u00d7 74.6 m and 8,325.36 m\u00b2, 111.36 m\u00b2 more.<\/li>\n<li>Line colour split \u2014 other colours are permitted on artificial surfaces, and inlaid lines are cut from the same turf, so the split is fixed before the layout freezes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leave any of the six open and suppliers fill the gap with their own assumptions, which is how three quotes arrive with three different roll counts for one drawing.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lines\">Eight Lines That Make a Take-Off Usable<\/h2>\n<p>Eight lines make a take-off usable, and every one of them traces back to a number above. A supplier who receives all eight returns a roll count and a layout drawing, not a bare square-metre figure. The sheet, not the calculator, is the deliverable.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pitch outline, naming 100 \u00d7 64 m or 105 \u00d7 68 m.<\/li>\n<li>Chosen run-off band, with its width on all four sides.<\/li>\n<li>Finished paving outline the layout has to fill.<\/li>\n<li>Strip count and laying direction.<\/li>\n<li>Roll width and roll length, and whether a custom length is acceptable.<\/li>\n<li>Tails: loose pieces or nested.<\/li>\n<li>Perimeter: mowing strip, folding-goal allowance, drain positions.<\/li>\n<li>Line colour split and delivery port.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Send the eight lines and the answer comes back as strips, segments and tails. Send a bare square-metre figure and the answer comes back as someone else&#8217;s assumptions rolled into a number.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relyirgate:C1 --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"faq\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How many rolls of turf does a full-size football pitch need?<\/h3>\n<p>A 105 \u00d7 68 m pitch takes 72 rolls of 4 m turf, 59 rolls of 5 m, or 143 rolls of 2 m. The count comes from strip and tail arithmetic, not from area alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How much artificial grass does a football pitch need?<\/h3>\n<p>The playing area alone is 7,140 m\u00b2. With a FIFA 2 m run-off it becomes 7,848 m\u00b2, and with a 3 m run-off 8,214 m\u00b2, which is 68 rolls of 5 m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Is 105 by 68 metres a required pitch size?<\/h3>\n<p>No. The international range is 100\u2013110 m by 64\u201375 m, and 105 \u00d7 68 is a recommendation. The English 3G recommendation is 100 \u00d7 64, which is 6,400 m\u00b2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How much waste should I add to a pitch order?<\/h3>\n<p>None as a flat percentage. Nesting the 5 m tails on 4 m rolls leaves 0.84 percent on a 105 \u00d7 68 pitch; the derived range across footprints runs from 0 to 14.42 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Can one roll run the full length of a pitch?<\/h3>\n<p>No. A roll is 25 m long, so a 105 m course is four full rolls plus a 5 m tail, cut four times across the pitch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Where should the seams go on a football pitch?<\/h3>\n<p>No published rule fixes seam positions; the 25 m grid does. 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