Kop history

The Kop was changed from a terrace to an all-seater in 1994. The last game played in front of the Kop terrace was vs. Norwich on 30.04.1994.

From the club programme 30.04.1994

The Kop was planned as the Reds clinched their second Championship in 1906. The Club wished to reward loyal supporters, and work began at the end of May, 1906. The new terrace, built on a mound of rubble and cinders, was said to have 132 steps. Known as the Oakfield Road Embankment, it opened on September 1 in a heatwave. Stoke City were the first visitors and a crowd of 30,000 saw Joe Hewitt give the Reds a 1-0 win.

A new name was proposed by Ernest Edwards, Sports Editor of the Daily Post and Echo. It was Spion Kop - after a Boer War battle. The battle had been fought in South Africa, three hundred men, mostly from Lancashire, died defending a hill against enormous odds.

In 1928 the Kop was rebuilt and given a roof to shelter some 27,000 fans, it was 425ft wide and 80ft high ... the largest covered terrace in the country. At the end of the 1980s the capacity was reduced to 21,500 for safety reasons, by then the Kop was world famous. It came into its own in the sixties with the arrival of Bill Shankly, with the Beatles ruling the music world.. the Kop became one giant pop group.