old South Bank at Molineux, both once regularly holding crowds in excess of 30,000. Many other English football clubs and some rugby league clubs (such as Wigan's former home Central Park) applied the same name to stands in later years. Composition There is much debate about what type of stand constitutes a Kop. The size and location of the stand in the stadium varies; most are located behind the goal and are occupied by its club's most vocal supporters. It is usually a single-tiered stand and was traditionally terraced. In England, safety regulations brought into effect after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster required many to be made all-seated. A Kop is not necessarily the largest stand in the stadium and does not have to have a particularly large capacity; for example, Chesterfield's former stadium, Saltergate, had a Kop with a capacity of only a few thousand. Kops References Sources Inglis, Simon. The Football Grounds of England and Wales (Collins Willow, 1982) Kelly, Stephen F. The Kop, (Virgin Books, 2005) Pearce, James. How Kop tuned in to glory days, Liverpool Echo. 23 August 2006. Chapple, Mike. Spion Kop's mixture of myth and magic Liverpool Daily Post, 25 August 2006. External links The incredible story behind the Kop Guided by local historian Raymond Heron, BBC Sport's Mark Lawrenson visits Spion Kop in South Africa. Association football terminology Liverpool F.C.