Well i never knew that....

[stonerblue]

Apparently the Kop at Anfield is named after a battleground in the Boer war (battle of Sion Kop).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spion_Kop_(stadia)

Any other grounds with intereting names for the stands?

 

[samharris]

Apparently the Kop at Anfield is named after a battleground in the Boer war (battle of Sion Kop).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spion_Kop_(stadia)

Any other grounds with intereting names for the stands?

The stretford end is named after 18th century looney assilum that was previously on that site.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

LUFC have or had a Spion Kop

 

[law74]

LUFC have or had a Spion Kop

So has Hillsborough and windsor Park, though some of the Spion Kops are now being renamed after former players, club legends or (spit) sponsors.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Loads of grounds had a Spion Kop. True to form, the Dippers'll 'ave nicked theirs off some other club.

 

[jayblue]

king harold kicked the vikings arses in 1066 at stamford bridge in yorkshire

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Derby's old Baseball Ground was named after Sir Ian Baseball, a knight of the realm who owned a large farm in the area. Hence their pitch was always like a ploughed field.

 

[pauldominic]

Well Preston has named its stands after Bill Shankly (Kop), Sir Tom Finney, Alan Kelly and the invincibles ...

-- Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:54 pm --

TBH it probably belongs to one of the founder teams ...

EDIT: Preston has a ton of streets named after the boer war like mafeking street ...