The Kop
Elland Road's Kop: the Gelderd End, renamed the Don Revie Stand.
Spion Kop (or the 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. The steep nature resembles the Spion Kop, a hill near Ladysmith, South Africa, which was the scene of the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900 during the Second Boer War.
Quick Facts
- Stadium
- Elland Road
- Club
- Leeds United
- Stand
- The Gelderd End or Kop (renamed The Don Revie Stand)
- Name origin
- Spion Kop, a hill near Ladysmith, South Africa (Battle of Spion Kop, January 1900)
Facts from the source article.
Background
At Elland Road, the home of Leeds United, the Kop is the Gelderd End, which was renamed The Don Revie Stand.
The first recorded reference to a sports terrace as "Kop" related to Woolwich Arsenal's Manor Ground in 1904, four years after the Second Boer War.
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