Spion Kop (or Kop for short) is the name for a number of terraces and stands at sports stadia; so named due to their steep nature, resembling a hill near Ladysmith, South Africa that was the scene of the Battle of Spion Kop in the Second Boer War. A terrace or terracing in sporting terms refers to the traditional standing area of a sports stadium particularly in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The following is a list of Sports, divided by category There are many more sports to be added Stadia can refer to The plural of Stadium. Stadia rod, a surveyors instrument Ladysmith (2001 pop 225452 is a town on the banks of the Klip River, (stone river, in the uThukela District The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The Battle of Spion Kop ( Slag bij Spionkop Afrikaans: Slag van Spioenkop) was fought about 38 km (21 miles west-south-west of Ladysmith on the hilltop See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans:
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"The Afrikaans name for the battle," writes Liverpool Daily Post columnist Mike Chapple, "is Spioenkop; spioen for spy or look out and kop meaning hill or outcropping. Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in The Liverpool Daily Post is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror on Merseyside in England. "
The first recorded reference to a sports terrace as Kop was at Woolwich Arsenal's Manor Ground in 1904, when a local newspaper likened the silhouette of fans standing on a newly raised bank of earth to soldiers standing atop Spion Kop. The Manor Ground in Plumstead, south east London was a football Stadium which between 1888 & 1890 and 1893 & 1913 was the home of the football Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Two years later, in 1906, Liverpool Echo sports editor Ernest Edwards noted of a new open-air embankment at Anfield: "This huge wall of earth has been termed 'Spion Kop', and no doubt this apt name will always be used in future in referring to this spot". Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror on Merseyside in England. Anfield is an all-seater Association football Stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool, England The name was formally consummated in 1928 upon construction of a roof. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is said to be the first terrace to be officially named Spion Kop, and the supporters on Liverpool's Kop helped make Anfield famous for its atmosphere. "Kopites" is a collective name given to the loyal supporters of Liverpool Football Club. Kopites are supporters of Liverpool Football Club who once stood and now sit on the Kop at Anfield stadium Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Many other English football clubs and some Rugby league clubs (such as Wigan's former home Central Park) followed suit and applied the same name to stands in later years. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional Rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Central Park was a multi-use Stadium in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, one of the most famous stadiums in Rugby league.
Villa Park's old Holte End is historically the largest of all Kop ends closely followed by the old South Bank at Molineux, both once regularly holding crowds in excess of 30,000. Villa Park is a football Stadium in the district of Aston, in Birmingham, England Molineux Stadium is a football stadium situated in Wolverhampton, England. By the mid 1980s Hillsborough's Kop had become the largest roofed terrace in Europe, with a capacity of around 25,000. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Hillsborough Stadium is the home of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club in Sheffield, England.
Composition
There is much conjecture about what type of stand constitutes a Kop. The size and location of the stand in the stadium varies, with most being located behind the goal and being occupied by its club's most vocal supporters. It is usually a single tiered stand and traditionally terraced. However, in England, safety regulations brought into effect after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has required many to be made all seated. The Taylor Report is a document whose development was overseen by Lord Taylor of Gosforth, concerning the aftermath and causes of the Hillsborough disaster in Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) All-seater stadium is the terminology applied to those sports stadia in which every spectator has a seat It is not necessarily the largest stand in the stadium and does not have to have a particularly large capacity; for example, Chesterfield's stadium the Recreation Ground has a Kop with a capacity of only a few thousand.
Kops
Harrison Park, Leek Town- The Kiln Lane End (West Stand, Standing)
Future designs
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Work is scheduled to start in the Summer of 2008, and with a new capacity of over 13,200, Bramall Lane will overtake Anfield in housing the largest single tier Kop stand in Britain. } Bramall Lane Stadium is the home of Sheffield United Football Club in Sheffield, England and is the oldest major stadium in Liverpool, however, have released plans to include a 18,000 capacity Kop in their new Stanley Park Stadium design. Stanley Park Stadium is a proposed title of the planned football Stadium to be built in Stanley Park, Liverpool, England.
Sources
- Inglis, Simon The Football Grounds of England and Wales (Collins Willow, 1982)
- The Knowledge Guardian Unlimited May 8, 2000
- How Kop tuned in to glory days Liverpool Echo August 23, 2006
- Spion Kop's mixture of myth and magic Daily Post August 25, 2006
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