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Apr 30, 2024 · Thirty years ago today, Liverpool FC bid farewell to the most famous stand in world football, as the Kop was rebuilt following Lord Justice Taylor’s report into Hillsborough.
- Aftermath of Taylor Report
- A Chapter Closed
- Long Wait For League Title
The 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which cost 96 Liverpool supporters their lives, led to Lord Justice Taylor’s recommendation that football stadia be all-seater. We realised that football had to modernise, that safety had to be the top priority. Liverpool lost three of their last four home matches in the 1994 run-in, finishing an underwhelming eighth...
I was 20 years old the day the Kop closed. That sun-kissed Saturday saw me and 16,479 supporters sing our cares away on the old banking one last time. Me and Kevin bounded up the rear staircase. It brought us out at the very top of the terrace. We ducked under crush barriers simultaneously staring upwards at the steel struts on the roof which helpe...
The last time he saw the Reds lift the top gong was in 1990. He was 21 back then and is now 46: “My first proper Kop experience was Panathinaikos in the 1985 European Cup semi-final. There was a sea of green in the away end. I was in awe at the atmosphere. “The standing Kop was all about being with your school mates. It could be wild at times. Toda...
Jun 22, 2023 · Opened in 1906, the Spion Kop has since become an integral part of Liverpool’s identity and a key factor in the club becoming as famous as it has.
Apr 30, 2020 · Named after a battle during the Boer War in South Africa, and witness to some of the finest nights the club has ever experienced, thousands of fans stood on the stand every other week for close to a century.
Aug 13, 2022 · Liverpool legend slammed as 'overpaid' and banned for 11 games after fighting in front of millions on live TV. The Kop is missing one chant and Liverpool fans need to make it happen
- Chloe Louise
Nov 19, 2021 · Liverpool’s world-famous Spion Kop has a proud history stretching back to 1906, when the Anfield board decided to construct a giant new stand along Walton Breck Road, as a ‘reward’ to the...
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Apr 30, 2021 · On April 30, 1994, Liverpool fans would gather together and stand on their beloved Kop for the last time as the Reds faced Norwich City in what was to be the final ever game to be held in front of the famous old Anfield terrace.
