Andy Lane

30 April 1994: The Kop’s Last Stand Anfield witnessed the end of an era. For Liverpool’s final home game of the 1993/94 season, the club welcomed back a host of legendary former players, including Billy Liddell, Kenny Dalglish, Tommy Smith, Ian Callaghan and Steve Heighway onto the pitch to honour the occasion. It was a poignant farewell to the famous Spion Kop, the legendary standing terrace that had first opened in 1906. In its prime, it could hold around 30,000 passionate Liverpool supporters, creating an atmosphere feared by visiting teams across the country. By its final day, safety restrictions had reduced its capacity to roughly half that number. The Taylor Report, published in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster, had recommended the abolition of standing terraces in the top divisions of English football. All-seater stadiums were now the required future. After this match, the iconic Kop would be rebuilt as a seated stand. Was anyone lucky enough to be at this game?