The division, or parts of it, suffered defeats at the Battle of Colenso and the Battle of Spion Kop before gaining victory at the Battle of the Tugela Heights during the Relief of Ladysmith.

In March 1994, it was performed by the band and a host of famous Liverpudlians in front of the Spion Kop at Anfield before the last ever Merseyside derby in front of the old Kop, which was demolished later that year and replaced by an all-seater stand.

The Kop was the last part of the Wednesday ground to be converted to all-seater accommodation, the change finally coming in 1993 to comply with new FA Premier League regulations following the Taylor Report.

Seats were installed in 1993 to correspond with the Taylor report, as was the rest of the Kop.

In 1994, the final terraced area – the Kop – was converted to seating giving Filbert Street an all-seated capacity of 21, 500, and bringing it into compliance with the Taylor Report which required all Premier League and Division One teams to have all-seater capacity.

In the close season of 1994 Elland Road became an all-seater stadium, with nearly 7, 000 seats replacing the terracing in the Kop, as directed by the Taylor Report.

Due to this, the Kop was extended, so the capacity rose from 16, 000 to 22, 000, which made it the biggest standing area in Europe at the time.

At this time, supporters standing on the Spion Kop terrace at Anfield began singing popular chart songs of the day.

Football architect Archibald Leitch was commissioned to design new terracing in the paddock — a standing area in front of the 5, 300-seater main stand which was built in 1908 — and build a Spion Kop at the north side of the ground and an 8, 000-capacity stand at the Midland Road end opposite the main stand.

The Carlsberg Stand is also known as The Kop, because it was the former standing area, and its name was derived, like at many stadia across the country, from the Battle of Spion Kop.

It was previously known as the Gelderd End or the Kop and was originally a standing terrace, It was renamed in 1994 in honour of the club's most successful manager and former player, Don Revie.

A local newsman likened the silhouette of fans standing on a newly-raised bank of earth to soldiers standing atop the hill at the Battle of Spion Kop.

In fitting fashion, in what was the final match of the season, and what would be McManaman's final match and final contribution on the pitch for the club, McManaman assisted Karl-Heinz Riedle with a goal at the Kop with a trademark right wing run and pull back as Liverpool won 3 – 0 against Wimbledon, enabling McManaman to end his career at the club to a standing ovation, a lap of honour at Anfield, and a two row squad farewell at the entrance of the players ' tunnel.

Two years later, the Spion Kop, the former South Stand, was built, holding about a thousand standing spectators.

The Kop seating includes the directors ' box and a row of executive boxes, within the stand are a number of function rooms and hospitality areas, and there are electronic perimeter advertising boards in front.

In 2009 FourFourTwo named Dalglish as the greatest striker in post-war British football, and in 2006 he topped a Liverpool fans ' poll of " 100 Players Who Shook the Kop ".

Many stadia in England had stands named after Spion Kop, but Anfield's was the largest of them at the time ; it could hold more supporters than some entire football grounds.

The Kop at Hillsborough was re-opened in 1986 by Queen Elizabeth II and was once the largest covered stand of any football stadium in Europe.

In August, 1974, a Blackpool fan was stabbed to death at the back of the Spion Kop, Bloomfield Road at Blackpool's home match with Bolton Wanderers It was widely reported as being the first hooligan death at an English football match and together with Manchester United fans behaviour, during their one season in the Second Division that year, it ushered in a dark era of hooliganism in England.

The Kop of Boulogne ( KOB ) is an area in the Parc des Princes which houses supporters groups associated with the French football club Paris Saint-Germain.

* Many football grounds in the English Premier League and Football League have one terrace or stand in their stadia named " Spion Kop " or " Kop " because of the steep nature of the terracing.

* BBC Sport-page containing a video which, although about the football stand called the Kop, goes through in detail the Spion Kop battle

In 2006, despite a relative lack of first-team football at Liverpool, Mellor was voted into 90th position in a poll to find 100 Players Who Shook the Kop, ahead of such players as Mohamed Sissoko and Nigel Clough.

* Reclaim The Kop, football campaign to restore the matchday atmosphere

The Kop: the all-standing home stand, is named after the Battle of Spion Kop, as many grounds in the UK used to have ends named similarly.

Behind the Kop there will be multi-story flats which will provide accommodation to the University next door.

Due to the Safety of Grounds Act, the Holmesdale Road terrace the preferred stand for the Crystal Palace supporters ( or the Kop as it was known ) had to be split into three sections for safety reasons.

Due to the specific stadium requirements imposed by FIFA, it is likely that the redevelopment of the Kop ( North Stand ) will become two-tiered to approximately the same height as the current East Stand whilst the West Stand will be completely rebuilt with an envisaged final capacity of 51, 240.

In 1906 Liverpool Echo sports editor Ernest Edwards noted of a new open-air embankment at Anfield: " This huge wall of earth has been termed ' Spion Kop ', and no doubt this apt name will always be used in future in referring to this spot ".

It is thought to be the first terrace officially named Spion Kop.

They knew that their artillery on Tabanyama could be brought to bear on the British position and that rifle fire could be brought to bear from parts of the Kop not yet occupied by the British.

The Boer Generals realised that Spion Kop would have to be stormed quickly if disaster were to be averted.

At 11: 40, Buller, who could see that things were not going well, suggested to Warren that Thorneycroft be appointed commander on the Kop.

As the roar of the Kop screamed, Anfield folklore says that the roar could be heard 3 miles away.

Ince's second season with Liverpool was again trophyless ( seventh place in the league meant they wouldn't even be competing in the UEFA Cup the following season ) but he achieved a personal high point when he scored a late equalizer against Manchester United at Anfield and celebrated with some ferocity in front of the Spion Kop, though it wasn't enough to deprive United of the Premier League title that formed part of their treble success.

He became famous on the bench for his loud voice shouting instructions to the players which could be heard in the packed Kop.

The Racecourse is made up of four stands, one of which, the terraced Kop, is closed as it is awaiting demolition following a failed health & safety test in 2008.

The following season, Coppell played 39 times and scored ten goals, one of which was at the Kop end of his boyhood club Liverpool's Anfield ground.

* 1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.

* 1900 – The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces during the Second Boer War resulted in a British defeat.

The short, filmed in 1914, stars Ford Sterling, Mack Swain, Edgar Kennedy, and Al St. John and includes a previously unknown cameo with Charlie Chaplin as a Keystone Kop.

Playing as Keystone Kop Officer Kelly, the player's objective is to stop would-be robber Hooligan Harry from escaping Southwick's Mall.

In 1906 the banked stand at one end of the ground was formally renamed the Spion Kop after a hill in KwaZulu-Natal.

The hill was the site of the Battle of Spion Kop in the Second Boer War, where over 300 men of the Lancashire Regiment died, many of them from Liverpool.

Liverpool fans often refer to themselves as Kopites, a reference to the fans who once stood, and now sit, on the Kop at Anfield.

* January 24 – The Second Boer War: At the Battle of Spion Kop, Boer troops defeat the British Army.

British casualties lie dead on the battlefield after the Battle of Spion Kop, 24 Jan. 1900

Buller's subordinate, Major General Charles Warren, successfully crossed the river, but was then faced with a fresh defensive position centred on a prominent hill known as Spion Kop.

In the resulting Battle of Spion Kop, British troops captured the summit by surprise during the early hours of 24 January 1900, but as the early morning fog lifted they realised too late that they were overlooked by Boer gun emplacements on the surrounding hills.

Nottingham Forest fans were allocated the South and East ends ( Spion Kop ) with a combined capacity of 29, 800, accessed by 60 turnstiles spaced along two sides of the ground.

It also has the second largest capacity single-tiered Kop stand in the UK, behind Anfield's Kop.

The banking on the Spion Kop was also increased in size.

Named after a hill that was the scene of a famous battle in the Second Boer War, the Spion Kop is built into a natural hill at the east end of the ground and houses the most vocal of Wednesday supporters.

It is usually simply referred to by fans as The Kop.

The capacity was hence halved, but the Kop remains one of the largest single tier stands in Britain.

The Kop Corner is a small filling section which is adjoined to the Main Spion Kop.