Topic: Very unusual old Kop picture

[Stretch Armstrong]

Very simple explanation for this picture; there is a lonesome man standing alone at the far side of the Kop; so putting 1 and 1 together it obvious he's let one rip and the queue is in fact, people trying to escape the smell of the SBD - dirty get

[only6times]

Is it the start of the 80 mile queue of RAWK members who know how to manage the team better than Kenny?

[jaffod]

They're aliens.

[BUSHMILLS]

It's 1945, and a fan has been heard singing "Hitler has only got one ball".

The stewards are bringing in this section of the crowd for questioning.

[Redrider]

1950 Cup Final, Season Ticket Holders queing to get their Cup Final Tickets.
They used to have vouchers in the Season Ticket to allow them to buy a ticket for Cup Games. 

[conman]

That pic of Sherlock

[vivabobbygraham]

Only one toilet in the ground in those days.

Hence the puddle in the goalmouth. "Right which one of you fuckers couldn't wait?" That's it, it's a line up.

[TheMissionary]

The nets are still up, and they're red nets - well definitely not white - when are we going to get red nets back?

[mikeb58]

Couldn't actually find a thread dedicated to the old Kop,not a recent one anyway. Here's a nostalgic picture and one I hadn't seen before.

Didn't get up that part of the Kop much, especially on Sat games, but for the odd less attended midweek I went up there and it was a fantastic view. Think about it you're within touching distance of a Kemlyn Road seat.

I know Spurs had a 'shelf' in WHL, but we also call this part of the Kop the same?

[The Lord Admiral]

That brought a few memories back, I think I came through that entrance at the back the first time I ever stood on the Kop.



I saw this one the other day and thought how fantastic it looked. If they ever did one of the other stands this would be a great look.

[mikeb58]

I remember the lads that to used to climb onto the steel framework beneath the roof and watch the match from there, don't think they where even stopped or warned to get down from the police.

I think that why the roof support pillars where widened though, to stop the lads climbing up they way.

Look and this pic and the 2 lads half way up the roof support,impossible to do that once those supports where widened at the bottom!

[mikeb58]

Finally, before I go to bed (just been on nights) this picture has always intrigued me because of the various explanations I've heard behind it!

[Big Red Richie]

Queueing up for cup final tickets..... 1965 I think?

In the days when the ground was completely landlocked by housing, it was more practical to open a gate, and have the crowds queueing around the pitch, to not piss off the neighbours.

[gazzam1963]

Yes deffo a queue for tickets but looks more of 50s dress id guess the 1950 final ? , remember the lads used to climb on the actual roof of the kop and sit there and watch the game

[meady1981]

Finally, before I go to bed (just been on nights) this picture has always intrigued me because of the various explanations I've heard behind it!

Haha mike we've been here before
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=286005.msg9815021#msg9815021

[MarkR]

Yes deffo a queue for tickets but looks more of 50s dress id guess the 1950 final ? , remember the lads used to climb on the actual roof of the kop and sit there and watch the game

I recall watching (I was in the old paddock) a lad climb from the kop into the Kemlyn, then up the back right hand wall, along the cabling that stretched between the kemlyn and kop roofs then walked out over the kop roof and sat and watched the game from directly above the goal (1977 derby game, we won 3-1 but Martin Dobson scored a 35yrd screamer)

[mikeb58]

Haha mike we've been here before
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=286005.msg9815021#msg9815021

Thought I'd brought it up before, wasn't sure if it was on here or another site though (RAOTL)...4 years ago that thread! Haha can't remember what I did last week, that's what nights do to you I suppose!

[Charlie Adams fried egg]

I recall watching (I was in the old paddock) a lad climb from the kop into the Kemlyn, then up the back right hand wall, along the cabling that stretched between the kemlyn and kop roofs then walked out over the kop roof and sat and watched the game from directly above the goal (1977 derby game, we won 3-1 but Martin Dobson scored a 35yrd screamer)

That was my first game at Anfield. October 76. It's weird because other than just the odd bit of the game itself -I remember a Neal Pen and as you say the Dobson screamer, and even then worrying about a comeback at 3-1 - some things never change.  I  also had vague memories of someone on the Kop roof, so its great that someone else remembers that
I dont think I saw him climb up, I just remember him on the roof, get vertigo just thinking about it - the mad bastard!
Cheers for reminding me.

[mikeb58]

How different is this one? Only the flag pole gives you a clue it's The Kop (nice to see Dr Fun up there too!)

[Zeppelin]

That was my first game at Anfield. October 76. It's weird because other than just the odd bit of the game itself -I remember a Neal Pen and as you say the Dobson screamer, and even then worrying about a comeback at 3-1 - some things never change.  I  also had vague memories of someone on the Kop roof, so its great that someone else remembers that
I dont think I saw him climb up, I just remember him on the roof, get vertigo just thinking about it - the mad bastard!
Cheers for reminding me.

I remember it quite clearly too - I've probably got some old newspaper cuttings somewhere showing him when one of the goals went in - I've got loads of old scrapbooks in the loft. keep meaning to digitise them one day.

[Yorkykopite]

How different is this one? Only the flag pole gives you a clue it's The Kop (nice to see Dr Fun up there too!)

Many people on the Kop referred to that as 'The Pulpit'. (Top right-hand corner of the terrace looking right down the wing that Thompson and Barnes used to attack).

[Crosby Nick]

That brought a few memories back, I think I came through that entrance at the back the first time I ever stood on the Kop.



I saw this one the other day and thought how fantastic it looked. If they ever did one of the other stands this would be a great look.

Love that first pick. Looks like the day we beat United to end their title challenge?

[sms1986]

Finally, before I go to bed (just been on nights) this picture has always intrigued me because of the various explanations I've heard behind it!

This website says it's from 1949 - http://explodingturnip.com/LFCSpionKop/AnfieldPhotoGallery_Vintage02.html.

[Billy Elliot]

Good pic

[mikeb58]

Love these old ones, haha state of those workers on roof, no safety gear whatsoever!

[Redsnappa]

Love these old ones, haha state of those workers on roof, no safety gear whatsoever!

Not as mad as these two on the Kop roof Liverpool 3 Everton 1 October 1976 ...

[Alan_X]

Not as mad as these two on the Kop roof Liverpool 3 Everton 1 October 1976 ...

Especially with those trousers - the wind could catch them and they'd be halfway across Stanley Park.

[Redsnappa]

Especially with those trousers - the wind could catch them and they'd be halfway across Stanley Park.

Slaves to fashion Alan ... I had a pair that you took three steps before the trousers started to move 

The lad on the right's got an old worn silkie round his neck ... they went like that after a few matches/soakings, more like a necktie than a scarf 

[exiledkopite]

Queue on Sunday 6 February 1949, for FA Cup tickets v Wolves at Molineux on Saturday 12 February 1949. There was also a similar queue at the Anfield Road end.

Anyone shed any light on this old picture, can't work it out myself!