Research into the history of Football in Falkirk district : mainly concentrating on the the period up to 1945 I like to dig through the newspapers from the days of yore to find little vignettes that were rarely included in the published histories. From the ugly side to the downright obscure, just don't expect me to write about anything too obvious ....
Showing posts with label Samuel Roper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samuel Roper. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Falkirk FC Graves - Samuel Roper
To write about Sammy Roper is difficult, he was never a first team regular, but was with the club for nearly a decade.
Sammy Roper was one of Falkirk FC's most loyal fringe/squad players, playing mostly in the reserves for his local team [he lived in the Cow Wynd], but he was always at the beck and call of the first eleven.
Obviously I never saw him play so can not make any proper judgements, but whenever one of the first team was injured he was there, perhaps Falkirk & football in general need more players like him.
Only 28 games over nearly a decade [about three games a year] means Sammy either just accepted his place in Football, or the absolute opposite, maybe he never gave up trying. I don't know, I like to think the latter.
Here is to all fringe players, clubs could not exist without them.
There is no chance in hell of me having a contemporary picture him, but I did notice his grave on my travels.
Camelon Cemetery
Samuel Roper
b 8th September 1873, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d 25th January 1937, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Falkirk Debut – Saturday December 24th 1892 v Laurieston (H) Friendly
Positions – Outside-Right, Outside-Left
Minor League Matches/Goals [11/1]
Minor Cup Matches/Goals [3/1]
Other Matches/Goals [14/6]
Total Matches/Goals [28/8]
Known Career – Falkirk [1892/93-1900/01],
Played for Queen's Park Strollers v Falkirk 1st May 1897 (H) Scottish Combination.
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