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KOP--GRAND and PASSION

By FCai
  • Team founded

    Liverpool soccer team was founded in 1892
  • Battle of Spion Kop

    To commemorate the Battle of Spion Kop in 1900, a stand called Kop was set up at Anfield (Anfield Stadium). It can contain thirty thousand people.
  • The Hillsborough disaster

    The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England on 15 April 1989, during the 1988–89 FA Cup semi-final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The resulting 96 fatalities and 766 injuries makes this the worst disaster in British sporting history.
  • Rebuild

    The Kop was the last part of the Wednesday ground to be converted to all-seater accommodation, the change finally coming in 1993 to comply with new FA Premier League regulations following the Taylor Report. The capacity was hence halved, but the Kop remains one of the largest single tier stands in Britain.