I was born mid 80's so a lot of grounds were before my time but just looked at the list.That is why so many grounds had a Spion Kop
Same , 1 toilet and a pie box . Then moved to WT5Used to stand on that random bit of concrete that was fenced off in the middle of it. Not sure why!! Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Anyone have a clue it was named after a battle? Just watching who do you think you are and they talked about it.
Seems a bit weird. When I started going I was in the east terrace and my eyes were barely at pitch level standing on an old crate. Perhaps that should have been called the Somme?
Been there mate, used to live in SA..also visited isandlwhana and rorkes drift though isandlwhana was the most sombre as the cairns marked the area the dead were buried and the flight to helpmekaar and the aid station at the drift.Anyone have a clue it was named after a battle? Just watching who do you think you are and they talked about it.
Yes I did but it wasn't a good vantage point.It was the crows nest part I always found odd. I know it was a high vantage point, but I don't think it would pass many H&S tests these days, I was convinced there'd be accidents there even back then and I was quite young. Went up to look pre game whilst it was empty, but never watched a game from there. Did any of you?
you’re just up the road from me in Countesthorpe, we’re surrounded by King Power wankersYes I did but it wasn't a good vantage point.
As an aside and forgive me for digressing.. I live alongside the East Midland main line at Wigston Magna which is currently being electrified and the road Bridge the B582 (the site of Wigston Magna Station) is known locally as the Spion Kop Bridge will need extensive alterations.
The bridge was constructed in 1901 during the Boer war and it is said troops arriving back from South Africa disembarked at Wigston Magna Station.
History lesson over, back to football matters.
I am rthem, I like Countesthorpe it’s a nice place.you’re just up the road from me in Countesthorpe, we’re surrounded by King Power wankers
It was the crows nest part I always found odd. I know it was a high vantage point, but I don't think it would pass many H&S tests these days, I was convinced there'd be accidents there even back then and I was quite young. Went up to look pre game whilst it was empty, but never watched a game from there. Did any of you?
yeah, i remember being up there for a few games in the mid-70s. usually in the corner of the west end, but if it was busy we might end up in the spion kop, and i do remember being up in the crows nest a few times if it was really busy and we got there late. not a particularly pleasant experience. spent the whole game waiting for the thing to collapse. hahahaIt was the crows nest part I always found odd. I know it was a high vantage point, but I don't think it would pass many H&S tests these days, I was convinced there'd be accidents there even back then and I was quite young. Went up to look pre game whilst it was empty, but never watched a game from there. Did any of you?
yeah, i remember being up there for a few games in the mid-70s. usually in the corner of the west end, but if it was busy we might end up in the spion kop, and i do remember being up in the crows nest a few times if it was really busy and we got there late. not a particularly pleasant experience. spent the whole game waiting for the thing to collapse. hahaha
i do miss highfield road, though. like you wouldn't believe. i remember being genuinely choked up for the final game, remembering the players i'd seen play there over the years. i like the arena, but it's not the same.
running battles as we walked up primrose hill. my dad sheltering me in a shop doorway while milk bottles flew overhead. mounted police riding into the crowds to break it up. it was a real event for a young kid.
take me home...
I was with you eyesee from the early 80s and have similar memories. But a lot of that is nostalgia as well. The CBS has way more atmosphere than HR in the mid 80s - and my best CCFC times have been from the time we climbed the leagues under MR.yeah, i remember being up there for a few games in the mid-70s. usually in the corner of the west end, but if it was busy we might end up in the spion kop, and i do remember being up in the crows nest a few times if it was really busy and we got there late. not a particularly pleasant experience. spent the whole game waiting for the thing to collapse. hahaha
i do miss highfield road, though. like you wouldn't believe. i remember being genuinely choked up for the final game, remembering the players i'd seen play there over the years. i like the arena, but it's not the same.
running battles as we walked up primrose hill. my dad sheltering me in a shop doorway while milk bottles flew overhead. mounted police riding into the crowds to break it up. it was a real event for a young kid.
take me home...
I think the first genuine naming of a banked terrace at a football ground as 'Spion Kop' was not surprisingly, Anfield - In recognition of the fact that the Lancashire Regiment were heavily involved in the action to take the hill.The first recorded reference to Spion Kop in relation to football was in 1904, by a local sports writer who likened the banked earth behind the goal & full of men at Woolwich Arsenal’s Manor Ground to the battle of Spion Kop ‘a hill in South Africa.
Ernest Edwards, a reporter for the Liverpool Echo reported on the opening of the Walton Breck Rd terrace at Anfield in 1906 comparing it to the battle of Spion Kop where the Lancashire Regiment were heavily involved in the battle with many Liverpool lads perishing.I think the first genuine naming of a banked terrace at a football ground as 'Spion Kop' was not surprisingly, Anfield - In recognition of the fact that the Lancashire Regiment were heavily involved in the action to take the hill.
That's what Grandads are forApart from the time that my Grandad fronted up a hooligan from the other side who grabbed my scarf (I was about 7) as we walked out of the ground. It was given back without too many questions being asked.
I did indeed- one was the Anglo Scottish Cup 1987, the three of us had virtually the whole area to ourselves. Seemed dangerous even when empty to be honest.
The other was the League Cup in 1992 v Spurs, we lost 2-1 and the main memory was why would we put the home kop area between two sets of away fans. Never understood that. Great view of the Sky Blue Stand, not such a great view of the pitch.
I assume the crows nest was added because we needed the room when we were getting 40,000 crowds on a reasonably regular basis, don’t know though.
I didn’t like the kop at all- weird angles, concrete slopes, and no roof meant there wasn’t really much of an atmosphere.
As a follow on, both my Grandads were serving there at the time of the War, one in the Scots Guards, the other in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Both went out in the Second Contingent in 1898, and fought during the relief of Ladysmith. The battle of Spion Kop was in January 1900, 25 miles outside Ladysmith and the Boers routed the Brits.In the Boer War in South Africa 1898
Spent many happy times on it with my father and my son.It was a great place to see how good some of the passes really were, made you appreciate the skill.Standing there cannot remember what season against one of the Sheffield sides in the 70's.got son and dad with me started to rain then snow(artic type conditions). son inside my coat trying to protect him.We gave up and I left my dad and son standing at the supporters club enterance and got the car as I picked them up big cheer went up the ref. had called the game off.Happy times.It was the crows nest part I always found odd. I know it was a high vantage point, but I don't think it would pass many H&S tests these days, I was convinced there'd be accidents there even back then and I was quite young. Went up to look pre game whilst it was empty, but never watched a game from there. Did any of you?
It was the crows nest part I always found odd. I know it was a high vantage point, but I don't think it would pass many H&S tests these days, I was convinced there'd be accidents there even back then and I was quite young. Went up to look pre game whilst it was empty, but never watched a game from there. Did any of you?
Remember standing in a packed Kop for the City V West Ham league cup semi final .. just checked 35,468 att.
i went to that game. and the 2ng leg.Remember standing in a packed Kop for the City V West Ham league cup semi final .. just checked 35,468 att.
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