In the year 1906, Editor Ernest Edwards from Liverpool Echo sports stated of a new open-air embankment at Anfield: "This huge wall of earth has been termed 'Spion Kop', and no doubt this apt name will always be used in future in referring to this spot" and this name was formally adopted in 1928 upon construction of a roof over the kop. It is thought to be the first terrace officially named Spion Kop.
"Kopites" is a name given to the supporters of Liverpool Football Club which refers to the fans who once stood, and now sit, on the Kop at Anfield.