Kop That Trivia Quiz

Answer: Boer War

The Battle of Spion Kop was fought in January 1900 near Ladysmith in South Africa. A journalist compared the spectators standing on a heap of earth at a soccer match to the soldiers standing on the top of Spion Kop. The name caught on and is still in use.

Answer: A roof.

Roofs were added later, and in the 1990s the Football Association, following the disaster at Hillsborough, mandated that all grounds in the top two divisions have seating, rather than standing. Originally fans stood on the terraces to watch the match.

Answer: Arsenal

The club was originally called Dial Square, then Royal Arsenal in its first season (1886-7), then Woolwich Arsenal from 1893, and finally Arsenal F.C. (from 1913). It was during the building of Manor Ground in 1904 that the comparison to Spion Kop in South Africa was first made.

Answer: Liverpool

This "Kop" is located at the South end of Anfield, the home ground of Liverpool F.C. The most vocal supporters of the club tend to sit in that area, who are called "Kopites". "The Kop" has just over 12,000 seats; before it became all-seating, it could hold as many as 30,000 spectators.

Answer: Hillsborough (Sheffield Wednesday)

The Kop at the east end of Hillsborough was built in 1914, roofed over in 1986, and became all-seating in 1993. It holds just over 11,000 seated spectators. It was at Hillsborough in 1989 that 96 Liverpool supporters died in a crush of spectators, but not in the Kop. This led to the Taylor Report and the replacement of standing on terraces with seating.

Answer: Elland Road (Leeds United)

Don Revie is the best-known manager in the history of Leeds United, holding the job from 1961 to 1974. He took over a struggling club with serious financial problems and little hope of success, and during his time as manager took Leeds United into the First Division and won two titles, 1969 and 1974, and the FA Cup in 1972.

Answer: Preston North End

Preston North End, one of the founding members of the Football League (1888), play their home games at Deepdale. Bill Shankly played for Preston from 1933 to 1949 and then continued his career as a manager, best known for his very successful time at Liverpool (1959-1974). In 1998 the revamped Kop was named in his honour. It holds about 6000 seated spectators.

Answer: Birmingham City

The Kop at St Andrews was built on a rubbish dump in the early 1900s. It had 110 terraces and could hold as many as 48,000 standing spectators. The original Kop was demolished in 1993 and re-opened with seating in November 1994.

Answer: Blackpool

Stan Mortensen played for Blackpool F.C. from 1941 to 1955. He is the only player ever to have scored a hat-trick in an FA Cup Final at Wembley.

Answer: Paris Saint-Germain

The modern Parc des Princes was opened in 1972 and is used for soccer (home for Paris Saint-Germain) and for international rugby matches. Several of the 1998 World Cup matches were played there.