The Kop
A Fan’s History of Football’s Most Famous Stand
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Beschrijving
In 2026 the most famous and globally-renowned football stand, Liverpool FC's Kop, celebrates its 120th anniversary. One of Liverpool's favourite sons tells its incredible history.
Brian Reade is an author and journalist who writes a weekly opinion column for the
Daily Mirror
.
He was born in Liverpool in 1957, studied English Literature at Warwick University and began his journalism career on the
Reading Evening Post
in 1981. He became a football writer on the
Liverpool Daily Post
in 1987 and feature writer/columnist on the
Liverpool Echo
in 1990 before moving to the
Mirror
in 1994, where he has worked as a feature writer, columnist (for 29 years) and sports columnist (for 25 years).
The Sports Journalists' Association has voted Reade its Sports Columnist of The Year and The British Press Awards has named him Columnist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year as well as handing him The Cudlipp Award for Journalistic Excellence following his decades-long fight for justice for the victims of the Hillsborough Disaster.