The RoPS Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
89 days out for Finn Heiserholt after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. RoPS will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Arttu Tulehmo
RoPS asked and KTP said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
IFK Mariehamn take the points off RoPS
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
RoPS promote Oliver Raitala from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oliver Raitala 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 Riku Ojala from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Riku Ojala 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 Daniel Forss from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Forss 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: Mikael Taylor joins the RoPS first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mikael Taylor 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
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jonne Koistinen
- The dugout Saku Lod answers for it
- Squad Valtteri Vatanen falls out with a teammate over standards