Local journalist Ernest Edwards, who was the sports editor of newspapers the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, named it the Spion Kop; it was named after a famous hill in South Africa where a local regiment had suffered heavy losses during the Boer War in 1900.
Jurnalistul local, Ernest Edwards, care era redactor de sport al ziarelor Liverpool Daily Post și Echo, a botezat tribuna Spion Kop; a fost numită după un deal celebru în Africa de Sud, unde un regiment local a suferit pierderi grele în timpul Războiului Burilor din 1900.