Anfield, Association football stadium in Liverpool, England
Anfield is a football stadium on Anfield Road in the Anfield district of Liverpool, England, home of Liverpool FC since 1892 and the fifth-largest football ground in England with 61,276 seats. Its four stands are the Main Stand on Alroy Road, the two-tier Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand along Skerries Road, the Spion Kop on Walton Breck Road, and the Anfield Road End, which holds the away section. The pitch is hybrid grass.
The ground was built in 1884 for Everton Football Club, but Liverpool FC moved in during 1892 after a dispute over the lease erupted. The stands grew through expansions over the decades, especially after successes in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Kop takes its name from the Spion Kop hill in Natal, South Africa, where over 300 British soldiers died in 1900, many from Liverpool. The stand was rebuilt as an all-seater in 1994 following the Taylor Report. The topmast of the SS Great Eastern, one of the first iron ships, stands beside the Kop as a flagpole after being hauled up Everton Valley by horses in 1928.
The ground is 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool Lime Street railway station. The surrounding streets are narrow, so arriving early gives time to explore the site. Guided tours run daily except on matchdays and bank holidays.
The flagpole beside the Kop is the topmast of the SS Great Eastern, an early iron ship broken up at Rock Ferry; in 1928 it was hauled up Everton Valley by horses. The Kop was named after a South African hill where over 300 men, many from Liverpool, died in 1900 during the Boer War.
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