Re: St Andrews in 1947
madI'm guessing the Kop got bombed. Hitler was a dvb after all. The old old main stand got burnt down by firefighters. Lots of club records went up in smoke so they say but clearly they knocked something fairly substantial back up by 1947 and then replaced it again in the 1950's with the main stand we've got now.
Or maybe in 1945/46 the terrace in front of the gutted old old main stand survived and they just plonked a roof on top hastily and the remnants of a tunnel survived for the players to run out from.
Looking at those pictures in the link I posted I'd agree. 23 is definitely The Kop and as the grass bank was behind that would make 24 The Main Stand.