Coronation Street fans have watched Sam Blakeman become somewhat of a Roy Cropper protégé in recent months as the grieving youngster bonded with the Weatherfield stalwart over chess.
Following the death of his mum, Natasha Blakeman, poor Sam stopped talking and the usual sparky, intelligent schoolboy who had a love for space retreated into himself after visiting his mum at the undertakers. It took months for his dad Nick Tilsley and step mum Leanne Battersby to get him to open up.
But Sam has since re-found his spark after first being left disappointed at losing a game of chess to Roy. Nick, however, worried his son was becoming too obsessed with the game and stopped him being able to play and see Roy.
