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Is 12 furlongs as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch?

It's about twenty times as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch
The length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is about 0.5220 furlongs.
(a.k.a. Football Field, a.k.a. Soccer Field) (field length, a.k.a. touchline distance)
According to the Laws of the Game, a football pitch should measure between 0.5220 furlongs (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 0.5230 furlongs, and later converted to the metric units used today). The goal markess were defined as part of the pitch by the original rules of the game in the late 16th century, but it was not until the mid 19th century that the crossbar and the net were added
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