Sol Roper

[Keith T]

Sad news that another of our legends Sol Roper passed away suddenly yesterday.   Sincere condolences to his family.

 

RIP Sol legend and gentleman.

[Onreport]

Sad news, a true legend

RIP Sol

[bobg]

So sad to hear today's news about Sol, truly one of the greats of our club and a true gentleman. Condolences to his family. RIP Sol.

[DavidM]

Very sad news . Legend of the sport in a golden era , and immortal of our club . Gone , but these gentlemen are part of our fabric and will never be forgotten .

[Terry Mac]

SOL ROPER, LEGEND. RIP.

[yanto]

Had the privilage to play under Sol as young player at Town and later as a veteran when he took me to Haven.

A TRUE gentleman and legend.

RIP Sol.

[town4me]

RIP. a true legend

[GeordieTownie]

Couldn't meet a nicer fella. RIP.

[OttO]

RIP Sol....Another Town legend who will always be immortal for Townies...

[Old standoff]

Sad to hear of Sol's passing great bloke and super player paired with Harry Archer real quality pairing even when we were competing with the best of teams, Rip Sol.

[dkw]

Sad news, rip a town legend.

[Old standoff]

Yep, think. Sammut and forber would have been on the bench if Sol and Harry Archer were about absolute tackling machine Sol.

[alba]

Gave Barrow the runaround many times, but brilliant to watch, I wish there were more like him, will be sadly missed.

[The Voodooguru]

Very sad news, especially how quickly it all happened. At least he got to enjoy his holiday. Best wishes to his family.

One of Town's legends RIP.

[ivans82]

was only talking to him about the season just gone a few weeks ago , absolutely stunned by the news , a perfect  gentleman , still a town regular until the end .my condolences go out to his family .  RIP SOL .

[bomberisgod]

a Gentleman in every aspect of the word,R.I.P.

[Cato89]

Heard nothing but good things about him, always knew he was a Town legend too.

RIP, Thoughts with his family and friends!

[Chrome Dome]

Sol was a brilliant scrum half. The Archer/Roper half-back pairing were outstanding for Town for many years.

 

I always recall when St.Helens arrived at Derwent Park, in the sixties, a certain international scrum half was missing from the Saints line up -  so obvious to us at DP that he didn't fancy being outplayed by our dynamic Workington number 7.

 

RIP Sol Roper - a true Town legend.

[unicorn106]

Sometimes the words legend and immortal are banded about a bit to easy when talking about former players, but not in the case of this man. I had the pleasure of watching him play when I first started watching Town as a 7 year old, he was awe inspiring then when he was in the latter years of his career, he must have been unbelievable in his younger days.

Condolences to all the family, they just don't make them like that any more. RIP  Sol, Town legend and immortal.