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View from the Kop: How Thriving Fan Culture Has Spurred Liverpool's Title Chase

Supporters are only just starting to file into Anfield when members of the fan group Spion Kop 1906 emerge onto Liverpool's world-famous stand.

As the minutes tick down towards kick-off and the stadium slowly fills, they move about the Kop setting out the huge banners and flags that will be waved in the air when the teams walk out ahead of kick-off.

The fan-funded group, which takes its name from the hill in South Africa after which the Kop was named, came together in September 2013 with the goal of enlivening the atmosphere in Anfield's historic stand by reviving traditions that were in danger of fizzling out.