The RoPS Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 saves: Mikko Rantala was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at RoPS
Finn Heiserholt and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Wille Nuñez will join RoPS for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Wille Nuñez has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means RoPS have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Match8 Aug 2026
Onni Suutari’s goal not enough for RoPS
Onni Suutari scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to IFK Mariehamn, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Leo Lod joins the RoPS first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leo Lod is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
RoPS promote Urho Pukki from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Urho Pukki has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
RoPS promote Leo Karjalainen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leo Karjalainen has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Paulus Karjalainen joins the RoPS first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paulus Karjalainen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Benjamin Simsek reaches 100 appearances
100 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.
In brief
- Squad Alexander Milošević needs a bigger stage
- The dugout Robin Joronen faces the questions
- Transfer targets A loan move for Ville Naakka is in the works