The fascinating Anglo-Boer history behind "The Kop" at Anfield
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Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium is home to one of football’s most famous stands — The Kop.
Its name comes from a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where the Battle of Spion Kop was fought on this day back in 1900, during the Anglo-Boer War.
What makes that battlefield remarkable is not just the bloodshed — but who was there.
HOT1027’s Al Prodgers reports...
Its name comes from a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where the Battle of Spion Kop was fought on this day back in 1900, during the Anglo-Boer War.
What makes that battlefield remarkable is not just the bloodshed — but who was there.
HOT1027’s Al Prodgers reports...
