The Kop
A Fan’s History of Football’s Most Famous Stand
$46.80
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2027
Summary
‘The ultimate take on Liverpool’s heart and soul’ - Jamie Carragher
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529454635 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529454638 |
| Author: | Brian Reade |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2027 |
| Weight: | 521g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 164mm x 236mm |
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Critics Review
Even if you are not a Liverpool aficionado, Reade’s account of The Kop, the story behind its naming, its construction and subsequent spectator influence on matches plus social history makes interesting and informative reading for all football fans. * The Sports Journalists’ Association *
Brian Reade
BRIAN READE is an author and journalist who writes a weekly opinion column for the Daily Mirror.
Born in Liverpool, he began his journalism career on the Reading Evening Post in 1981. He became a sub-editor and football writer on the Liverpool Daily Post in 1987 and a feature writer/columnist on the Liverpool Echo in 1990 before moving to the Mirror in 1994, where he has written extensively about football and politics.
The Sports Journalists’ Association voted Reade its Sports Columnist of the Year. The British Press Awards has named him Columnist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year, and he also received The Cudlipp Award for Journalistic Excellence for his decades-long fight for justice for the victims of the Hillsborough Disaster.
He lives in Liverpool.
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