(Tue 10:27 29/Jun/04)The word kop originally means "Hill" (in south africa) and was just a term that got applied to the slopes of the terraces at a few football grounds
davidc
(Tue 10:32 29/Jun/04)
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Were there many South Africans in Liverpool then?
derbyram
(Tue 10:41 29/Jun/04)lot's of football grounds had a kop - some bigger than others. It was used to describe a steep bank and it refers to Spion Kop where a famous battle was fought in the boer war. As sft42 correctly states - kop is Afrikaans for hill.
bobbobley
(Tue 12:55 29/Jun/04)i thought it was kopje in afrikaans
airwalk
(Mon 15:55 12/Jul/04)the name actually comes from the battle of spion kop in the late 19th century in which the 11th lancashie brigade fought with distinction. many of the soldiers were from liverpool.bye the way slimshady its spelt scousers doh!
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