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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #280 on: September 13, 2023, 04:34:42 pm »
Just spotted this on Facebook with the wording of.

"What a photo. Spion Kop days. 1980s half and half bobble hats, sheepies (what happened to those coats we called sheepies?) and Adidas jackets and footwear all over the place. The old standing Kop, the place we got our supporting education."

Used to always be near to that big post.


My usual spec was right near that post too, usually about level with the right hand stancion of the goal. If our kid was with me, he'd be about 10 then, we'd stand just the other side of the middle walkway that ran across the Kop.
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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #281 on: September 13, 2023, 07:34:31 pm »
Every time I see some moan about the smallest of design detail in the new stand, I think of those two lads standing on a big pipe.

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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #282 on: September 13, 2023, 10:39:14 pm »
Every time I see some moan about the smallest of design detail in the new stand, I think of those two lads standing on a big pipe.
Imagine how many would be moaning about the brickwork on the left of the picture.

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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #283 on: September 13, 2023, 10:41:50 pm »
My lad protesting on the kop in 1993. Never worked but he's nearly 30 now and glad he did his bit.

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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #284 on: September 16, 2023, 09:41:52 am »
Imagine how many would be moaning about the brickwork on the left of the picture.

"Bricks look mismatched, pointing is shite, FSG out."

Went the Villa game and to be honest, the brickwork above the M turnstiles is a fucking mess, it looks like a YTS kid, who couldn't be fucking arsed, did the work ;D
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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #285 on: January 31, 2024, 10:09:14 pm »
Liverpool Then and Now on FB posted this of The Kop - 1994 and present.

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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #286 on: February 1, 2024, 09:39:58 pm »
The road markings appear to have survived the test of time.

As for The Kop we talk about how small it is now, particularly compared to The Main and The Road End.  The footprint of the new Kop is however significantly larger than the old Kop, row 50 of the current Kop being roughly comparable with the back of the standing Kop. Yet the old version seemed huge.
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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #287 on: February 6, 2024, 07:18:51 pm »
The road markings appear to have survived the test of time.

As for The Kop we talk about how small it is now, particularly compared to The Main and The Road End.  The footprint of the new Kop is however significantly larger than the old Kop, row 50 of the current Kop being roughly comparable with the back of the standing Kop. Yet the old version seemed huge.

Been said a few times but a question of scale I think. It was bigger than what was around it (for most of its life), it filled the eye's view being so wide, it was darker and therefore less clear to the eye at the back and the optical effect of a closely packed crowd made it seem bigger. 26,000 just looks bigger than 12,000 even in a smaller space.

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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #288 on: February 6, 2024, 10:02:19 pm »
Been said a few times but a question of scale I think. It was bigger than what was around it (for most of its life), it filled the eye's view being so wide, it was darker and therefore less clear to the eye at the back and the optical effect of a closely packed crowd made it seem bigger. 26,000 just looks bigger than 12,000 even in a smaller space.




I know it’s something you’ve probably been asked loads of times Peter but is it possible to expand the kop on the same footprint ie steeper etc, and do you think it’s ever likely to happen. I’ve had a season ticket for around 35 years and I’ve never been majorly impressed with it as a stand, the old terrace on the other hand was a work of art standing in there was a privilege.

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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #289 on: February 6, 2024, 10:38:21 pm »
Just spotted this on Facebook with the wording of.

"What a photo. Spion Kop days. 1980s half and half bobble hats, sheepies (what happened to those coats we called sheepies?) and Adidas jackets and footwear all over the place. The old standing Kop, the place we got our supporting education."

Used to always be near to that big post.

The two lads in front of barrier looking to have that camera off.
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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #290 on: February 8, 2024, 04:00:42 am »

I know it’s something you’ve probably been asked loads of times Peter but is it possible to expand the kop on the same footprint ie steeper etc, and do you think it’s ever likely to happen. I’ve had a season ticket for around 35 years and I’ve never been majorly impressed with it as a stand, the old terrace on the other hand was a work of art standing in there was a privilege.

Making it steeper on the same footprint doesn’t expand it. It just makes it steeper.

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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #291 on: February 14, 2024, 09:13:04 pm »
Someone posted this OS map of the Anfield area on Facebook.
Not sure what year it was drawn up.

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Re: Anfield through the ages (pics)
« Reply #292 on: February 24, 2024, 02:13:51 am »
The two lads in front of barrier looking to have that camera off.

Ha ha  ;D