Geedee Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Lincs Owl said: As most will know, Spion Kop is Dutch/Africaans for 'look out hill' and was a 1900 Boer War battle. The British lost so you won't find much reference to it in British history books. I've been going since 1958 and it was always Spion Kop. Later shortened to Kop I reckon by the Liverpool infatuated press. Arsenal had a North bank. Wolves a huge South bank. In the 70s some of our more vociferous types starting calling it the East bank. A fanzine 'view from the east bank' sprang up. But the name died out. Hardly anyone calls it that nowadays. No one says Owlerton anymore. Old folk called it Owlerton back in the 50s. Loads of clubs had Kops, even Northampton, Blackpool etc. Villa was probably biggest but was always the Holte end. Yes an old bloke I worked with when I first started work around 1980 always called the ground owlerton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Kop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple O Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 13 hours ago, daveyboy66 said: It was the Kop when I was 10 ( 1963) by the time I was 15 it was the East Bank Born same year as me davey but I only ever referred to it as the kop. East Bank just part of a chant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggys battle bus Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Kop / east bank.... south stand/ / old stand.... lower section of south stand was the terrace ( when you had the tunnel at the back ). North stand / cantilever. West stand / lepps .... north west corner / triangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlyegg Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Geedee said: Yes an old bloke I worked with when I first started work around 1980 always called the ground owlerton. My grandmother used to say 'are you going to owlerton satdy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Claw Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 17 hours ago, Flying V said: Damn it, beat me to it. and me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Geedee said: Yes an old bloke I worked with when I first started work around 1980 always called the ground owlerton. My Grandad always called it Owlerton as others have said it must be a generational thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corneliusreeve Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 5 hours ago, HOOTIE AND THE poo TU said: Was it th pig with all the different cuts on it? No it's the one with a shield badge within the shield is a slaughtered headless pig hung up with blood dripping onto the floor, two men stand one at each side of the pig with Wednesday shirts on and cricket bats in their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Wasn't there also a fanzine that got sold outside the Kop/East Bank called "A view from the East Bank" Used to see them sold at away games as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogbad Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 17 hours ago, Greengrass said: You must have heard of EBRA No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chizumgeorge Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 18 hours ago, mogbad said: I've been going to Hillsborough for nearly 60 years & it's always been the kop. In fact if I'm honest I've never heard anyone make reference to the East Bank. Ive been going 40 years and ive never heard anybody call it the east bank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animis Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selbyowls Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 6 hours ago, Baggys battle bus said: Kop / east bank.... south stand/ / old stand.... lower section of south stand was the terrace ( when you had the tunnel at the back ). North stand / cantilever. West stand / lepps .... north west corner / triangle north west corner / triangle/ is the crows nest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selbyowls Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Baggys battle bus said: Edited January 14, 2018 by selbyowls repeated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notts Owl Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 22 hours ago, Flying V said: Think I read somewhere that Spion Kop was at Rorks drift in the Boer war and a Wednesday fan said the East bank resembled it. Spion Kop (or Kop for short) is a colloquial name or term for a number of single tier terraces and stands at sports stadiums, particularly in the United Kingdom. Their steep nature resembles a hill near Ladysmith, South Africa, that was the scene of the Battle ofSpion Kop in January 1900 during the Second Boer War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aren't we? Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Any chance of a poll, admin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevdi9 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 13/01/2018 at 20:49, Aren't we? said: Question for the Wednesday historians and/or oldies on this forum. When did the 'home end' at Hillsborough become known as the Spion Kop/East Bank? and which name do you associate with it? The term Spion Kop dates back to the early twentieth century, and was used by many clubs, but when was it adopted by Wednesday? Similarly, the term East Bank dates back to the sixties/seventies I believe, but I don't know how it originated, or if it was used formally by the club? Over to you. was it not pinched from the name of a battle or something in south Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevdi9 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 14/01/2018 at 00:48, samowl said: Right. The Spion Kop is not unique to Hillsborough. Or in fact to them Scouse flaps. The original Kop was as people have stated earlier was a hill in South Africa i.e also called a Bank. East Bank comes from tickets bought in the sixties when there was a print of the ground on the back of the ticket. It said...Penistone Road (East Enclosure). Hence the name East Bank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spion_Kop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevdi9 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) looks a lot like ours did many years ago JUST before Nev purchased his first S T Edited January 16, 2018 by trevdi9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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