EcclesallOwl Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Villa's used to be the biggest Kop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eckington owl Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Now that's a Kop. Borussia Dortmund. I've had the pleasure of standing on it and it's immense. Definitely on my list of grounds to visit that. Not just that stand, but the whole stadium just looks immense! I envy you fella! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Now that's a Kop. Borussia Dortmund. I've had the pleasure of standing on it and it's immense. f me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wath-owl Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Definitely on my list of grounds to visit that. Not just that stand, but the whole stadium just looks immense! I envy you fella! Unfortunately when I went it was for a World Cup match so it was individual seating rather than the safe-standing, so the capacity was about half of normal. I would absolutely love to experience a Borussia Dortmund league/CL match there. Brilliant stadium. Edited October 4, 2012 by Wath-owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Liverpools kop is loads better than ours. The facilities are great and the concourse to buy food and drink is MASSIVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcclesallOwl Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Would love to go to Dortmunds ground Isn't it like £15 a ticket as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 you have to buy a flight tho,its in germany bugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl-zat Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Do they have legs in Liverpool? Yes and the whole stand use them to stay on their feet through the full 90 minutes never sitting down but for some reason they never get threatened with closing parts of the stand like Man Utd used to do by the F.A for persistent standing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womble Owl Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Yes and the whole stand use them to stay on their feet through the full 90 minutes never sitting down but for some reason they never get threatened with closing parts of the stand like Man Utd used to do by the F.A for persistent standing They were sat down last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the monk Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) That was the old kop, it was ripped down and totally rebuilt,and it blinds ours Ours was much bigger then Lpools, only Aston Villa was bigger, sure of it pal, having stood on both i'd say ours goes much higher up too. Edited October 5, 2012 by the monk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest intercity0wl Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 1 It was once the biggest for a short while. The Kop Anfield Liverpool An almost mythical aura surrounds the Kop at Anfield. Built in 1906 and roofed 22 years later, it was one of the most famous terraces in world football up until its replacement by an all seater stand in 1994. In its lightly regulated heyday the Anfield Kop could hold almost 30,000, accounting for around half the capacity of the whole ground. This was reduced in 1975 to 22,000 in the wake of the report into the 1971 Ibrox Stadium disaster. The fame of the Kop has almost become a cliche, but it is still, even in its all-seater guide, a remarkable stand. There are too many memories to mention but the 1960s black and white clip of the crowd singing 'She Loves You' stands out, as does the reception afforded to Ray Clemence on his return to the club with Tottenham in 1981. It generated incredible surges which we now know are dangerous, but still tingle the nostalgic spine when you see them on ESPN. Possibly the best example was after David Fairclough's winner in the 1977 European Cup against St Etienne. Today its finest hours are probably the two semi final victories over Chelsea in the Champions League. Sadly it has also been the focal point for tragedy, as supporters paid their tributes after the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. The carpet of flowers, shirts, scarves and messages was a remarkable sight. When the club move to their new 60,000 arena in 2010 it will spell the end of British football's most evocative stand. 2 The Spion Kop Hillsborough Sheffield Wednesday A packed Hillsborough Kop is one of the finest sights and sounds in English football, but it's now strange to think that it was only covered back in 1986. Before then it was that uniquely shaped end terrace, known as the East Bank, with no roof and a massive slope from one side of it to the other, making it look almost triangular in appearance. When Wednesday eventually decided to save their supporters from regular soakings and build a roof for it, they also had to make the thing level, subsequently creating a phenomenal stand that held 22500, which at the time made it the largest covered end terrace in Europe. All-seater restrictions have meant that it's capacity has since been almost halved to just over 11,200 but it still remains a fantastic sight, particularly from pitch level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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