Spion Kop (stadiums)

" The Kop " is the term for the standing terrace in some English football stadiums, named after the South African mountain Spion Kop, where many British soldiers in the Boer War, in particular from Liverpool, were killed in the Battle of Spion Kop.

Usually is " The Kop " refers however to the stands behind the south- western gate at Anfield, home of Liverpool FC, was. " The Kop ", still the official name of the rostrum, is the home of the most loyal fans of the Reds and is right on the Walton Breck Road. To date, the name derived Kopites for visitors to this stand, but also as a synonym for all supporters of LFC will be used.

Worldwide known it was established in 1964 by a BBC program, were shown in the photographs of Liverpool fans who celebrated the championship loudly with Beatles songs and the anthem You'll Never Walk Alone.

In the season 1967/68 hit in the Kop the birth of the classic Catch Sangs. Previously, it was common before and after the games, but not during the 90 minutes to sing. In a misty game, it was not possible for the spectators in the Kop behind the Liverpool goal to see the opponent's goal. When, after an attack by the home side this returned into their own half and the opposing striker put the ball in the kick-off circle, obviously seemed a goal for Liverpool to have fallen; However, all details were swallowed up in the fog. The Kop started chanting: "Who Scored the goal, who Scored the goal? " From the other side came in the same way the answer is that Tony Hateley was the scorer. The first, albeit simple, chants were born.

1994 - also to the recommendations of the Taylor report into account - " The Kop " demolished and replaced by a seat grandstand with 12,390 seats. Today it houses the main ticketing office and a large fan shop whose entrance is decorated with a statue of the Liverpool coaching legend Bill Shankly. Until then, " The Kop " with 28,000 seats, the largest standing room grandstand in Europe. Only with the expansion of the south stand in the Dortmund Westfalen stadium after the turn of the millennium was another grandstand in Europe to reach a capacity of such magnitude. The former capacity, which corresponded to only about today's BayArena, highlights the uniqueness of the atmosphere that emanated from this tribune.

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