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[edit] Spion Kop
Re "Arsenal F.C. were the first to adopt such a name..." This statement is not entirely correct. Woolwich Arsenal's Manor Ground did not have a terrace named after Spion Kop, the hill near Ladysmith, in South Africa. Rather, the link was first made by a local reporter, who merely likened a refurbished terrace at the ground to the Battle of Spion Kop (the comparison was made because he could see the outline of fans standing on top of the terrace, like soldiers raising their heads into the line of fire). I think it was Phil Soar in Official Centenary History of Arsenal, 1886-1986 who claimed, therefore, that Arsenal were the first soccer club to adopt the name, but the actual documentary record does not support such a contention. Historians speculate that it became a nickname, because similar references soon began appearing elsewhere. smb (talk) 21:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
