About the Book: Kop: A Fans History of Footballs Most Famous Stand
This book examines, for the first time, how and why the Kop became the
globally-renowned stand it is today. It is told through the eyes of Brian Reade,
an award-winning journalist, Sunday Times best-selling author and Anfield
regular for 60 years, the majority spent on the Kop where he is still a
season-ticket holder. In that time he has witnessed, and written about, all the
highs and lows of Britains most successful football club. Reade traces the Kops
history back to the South African hill it was named after and unearths
astonishing parallels between