Liverpool fans throwing missiles from South Stand Level 3

[Lavinda Past]

We hate bill shankly and we hate big ron but worst of all hate st John,

We’ll fight the koppites one by one and throw them in the river mersey

Yes! Good one Shirley. That brings back some memories!

'Koppites' was definitely a term quite widely used to refer to Liverpool fans in the 60s. Not necessarily in a negative / argumentative fashion, more so in a Beatles / Merseybeat 'poppy' style.

Daft territorial football songs, sung by daft fans at the end of an age of greater innocence, when people didn't see football as the most important thing in their lives, but just a bit if fun / entertainment on a Saturday afternoon.

Modern football media has brainwashed people into believing that it's an important part of life, to the extent that fans have 'a problem' with anything even remotely perceived as being negative to 'their' club.

It's a game not a war. Multi millionaires kicking footballs around for entertainment of people who take offence at a word written on a door.

What a daft society we live in.

 

[mancityvstoke]

I may be misremembering the exact words here, but I definitely recall singing this in the 60s...

Said Bill Shankly to Joe Harvey,
"Have you heard of the kopites down Mersey?"
Joe said "no, I don't think so, but I've heard of the Kippax, Maine Road"

Obviously the stand/ground would be amended to fit the singing club, but I'm sure the term 'kopite' was standard.



Before anyone says it.... No, it wasn't me that wrote on the door.

Before my time that as well...never heard it before.

I do remember a similar song about the North stand

"Joe Mercer said (can't remember ..Bertie mee?)
have you heard of the North Bank Highbury
No Said Joe I dont think so
but Ive heard of the North Stand
Maine Road"

 

[Blue Mist]

Ok in the 1960's some City fans used the term koppites. As we have been blamed for the graffiti, can we assume the bogs haven't been cleaned in 40 odd years ?

 

[Indaparkside]

Ok in the 1960's some City fans used the term koppites. As we have been blamed for the graffiti, can we assume the bogs haven't been cleaned in 40 odd years ?

Honestly mate I have never heard that expression from city fans or people in general in the pub

 

[Lavinda Past]

Honestly mate I have never heard that expression from city fans or people in general in the pub

Perhaps you've been going in the wrong pubs and speaking to the wrong people.

It's a word. Someone wrote it on a door.

Let it go it doesn't matter. It really doesn't.

 

[ysmsa]

Never the solution- just means ours gets cut likewise at anfield.

Once they start with it will end up reductions each year like the issue rangers and Celtic have had.

If we get united tonight away in the draw I’ve no doubt would only be normal allocation again due to ‘safety concerns’ when in reality they know they can charge more to home fans.

Not good for match going fans.

Nah, you're thinking of the PL price cap rule which wouldn't apply in the cup.

Think you are right about the reduced allocation becoming tit for tat though.

They should have made a very public announcement that alcohol will not be available in the away section or something.

 

[ysmsa]

We hate bill shankly and we hate big ron but worst of all hate st John,

We’ll fight the koppites one by one and throw them in the river mersey

Rhyming chants ain't what they used to be :-)

 

[Blue Mist]

Honestly mate I have never heard that expression from city fans or people in general in the pub

Me neither, certainly never used in the 70's when I was on the Kippax but others have posted they heard it in the 60's hence my sarky comment.

 

[Corky]

Nah, you're thinking of the PL price cap rule which wouldn't apply in the cup.

Think you are right about the reduced allocation becoming tit for tat though.

They should have made a very public announcement that alcohol will not be available in the away section or something.

We have had reduced allocation at places like Anfield and Boro for persistent standing. It was popular 10-15 years ago for the police to obviously film the crowd all game, then next time the allocation was reduced. They seemed to completely give up on it after a few years of the odd reduction. I think the Boro reduction was for a night match under Pearce when we didn't take many, the BWP goal late on?

 

[LongsightM13]

Perhaps you've been going in the wrong pubs and speaking to the wrong people.

It's a word. Someone wrote it on a door.

Let it go it doesn't matter. It really doesn't.

It seems to have been used in this century by Everton fans. I’m thinking a Showsec type Toffee steward who works there for the cash but like us fucking despises the deluded hypocrites

 

[cheekybids]

Perhaps you've been going in the wrong pubs and speaking to the wrong people.

It's a word. Someone wrote it on a door.

Let it go it doesn't matter. It really doesn't.

It does matter, the fact is no one outside of Liverpool refers to them as kopites so the likelihood is that its been there since the derby or they’ve done it themselves.

Now the graffiti calling them murderers, is likely from a City fan.

 

[LongsightM13]

It does matter, the fact is no one outside of Liverpool refers to them as kopites so the likelihood is that its been there since the derby or they’ve done it themselves.

Now the graffiti calling them murderers, is likely from a City fan.

Correct

 

[levets]

Ist line was Joe Mercer to Joe Harvey.
2nd line was 'Have you heard of the North Bank, Highbury'

Wasn’t it..
Bertie Mee said to Joe Harvey,
Have you heard of the North Bank Highbury,
No said Joe, I don’t think so,
but I’ve heard of the Kippax.. agro

 

[cheekybids]

Correct

It’s not kopites, Liverpudlians or reds. It’s scousers, dippers, murderers & victims!

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

It does matter, the fact is no one outside of Liverpool refers to them as kopites so the likelihood is that its been there since the derby or they’ve done it themselves.

Now the graffiti calling them murderers, is likely from a City fan.

Yeah I was in the bog while the lad wrote murderers on one of the doors. It was just one of the young lads in our fanbase, probably off his head on sniff.

Pretty harmless if you ask me, but obviously the bin dippers took offence to it and decided to attack a 15 year old girl, an eye for an eye of course.

 

[Bobby the blue]

I keep hearing and reading that there is no video evidence of anyone throwing coins at the young girl in December or anyone spitting at pep at anfield or throwing a coin at him. So because there is no video evidence is must not have happend.

Is there is video evidence or any other proof that a city fan or anyone connected to city scrawled that writing on the wall at anfield. Anything at all. Eye witnesses maybe.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Ok in the 1960's some City fans used the term koppites. As we have been blamed for the graffiti, can we assume the bogs haven't been cleaned in 40 odd years ?

It’s spelled ‘gobshites’.

 

[Blue Mist]

It does matter, the fact is no one outside of Liverpool refers to them as kopites so the likelihood is that its been there since the derby or they’ve done it themselves.

Now the graffiti calling them murderers, is likely from a City fan.

Or rag, arsenal, wolves, spurs, Chelsea, Leeds, Brighton, Luton, Matlock Town under 15's. The list is endless.

 

[BrianW]

It just means there will be room for the ones who jib in.

 

[jrb]

Burnley in town all day drinking. And City.

Manchester City's FA Cup quarter-final tie against Vincent Kompany's Burnley will take place on Saturday, March 18.

The fixture will be broadcast live in the UK on BBC One and will kick off at 5:45pm.

As a result, City's Premier League clash with West Ham United will be rearranged to accommodate the tie.