02 Feb 2016 13:01:10
a good game to look forward to tonight!

i would just like to ask if any posters or any of the eds could tell me the story behind the Kop stand. i'm from South Africa and a guy i met in a bar told me it involves South african history?

i would appreciate any information even if the drunk guy in the bar was wrong.

cheers.

{Ed001's Note - they were all known as Kops the banking at the end of the pitch where the fans stood, after the Boer War, at every ground in English football. The Spion Kop was a battle that saw a lot of Scousers die, and so someone decided to name it after that particular hill.}

1.) 02 Feb 2016
02 Feb 2016 13:15:47
yip exactly what the guy told me "kop" is also a Afrikaans word.
the guy also mentioned something to do with dead soldiers ashes somewhere in the stadium aswell, know anything about that Ed?

{Ed001's Note - I know a lot of people that have had their ashes scattered in the Kop goal mouth, but don't know any more than that sorry.}

2.) 02 Feb 2016
02 Feb 2016 15:45:17
Hi Klipperty

You are correct in saying it has links to Africa. It comes from the Battle of Spy Hill in the 1900's

Spion Kop meaning Spy Hill. The British Empire lost the battle, and the people who did survive it from the local area called one side of Anfield "The Spion Kop" in honour of those who lost there lives in battle.

Nice to see somebody interested in the history.

3.) 02 Feb 2016
02 Feb 2016 17:19:27
Thanks kemlyn and ed for the reply.

Yip I found the story behind the famous KOP fascinating.