Augustine Okrah

Left Midfielder - Bechem United
21 Nov 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Augustine Okrah

13 Edition

The Bechem United Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Bechem United

Beaten 0‑3 by Hearts of Oak, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad

Isaiah Nyarko in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bechem United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Bechem United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Augustine Afranie is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Yaw Acheampong

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Bechem United

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑3 Jonathan Asamoah left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout

Yaw Acheampong dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Player ratings

Augustine Okrah runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout

Samuel Ayinebire Atubga has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Bechem United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
12 Edition

The Bechem United Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

7 saves: Dennis Votere was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad

Real improvement from Adams Sanut at Bechem United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Adams Sanut is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

A falling-out at Bechem United

Isaiah Nyarko and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings

Augustine Okrah beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

Hasaacas take the points off Bechem United

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Augustine Afranie falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Emmanuel Ampiah

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

Jonathan Asamoah faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Jonathan Asamoah after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Player ratings

Charles Owusu will replay that one

1 error, one goal, and a night in front of the same three seconds. He will see it tonight, tomorrow and probably in February, and everybody who has played knows exactly which frame he keeps stopping on.

In brief

8 Edition

The Bechem United Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Nowhere to hide for Bechem United

1‑4 against Inter Allies, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Squad

Adams Sanut is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

A falling-out at Bechem United

Isaiah Nyarko and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Bechem United dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑4 Jonathan Asamoah left the room before anybody could ask which.

Squad

A row about effort at Bechem United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kabu Agyemang Raymond was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Atta Derrick Afriyie

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Atta Derrick Afriyie, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Darlvin Yeboah ran the game

Chances created: 10. Not on the scoresheet and not remotely anonymous — a passing performance that pulled a defence apart without leaving a mark on the column that gets read.

Squad

Beaten 4 times: a bad day for Dennis Votere

2 saves does not settle the argument about whose fault it was, and the argument will run all week. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines whoever caused them.

In brief

5 Edition

The Bechem United Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

James Yeboah puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bechem United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Isaiah Nyarko in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bechem United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

New Edubiase United expected to open talks for Yaw Annor

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Bechem United will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Looking ahead

Augustine Okrah faces his old club

Asante Kotoko next, and one man in the Bechem United dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout

Amos Kyereh knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Amos Kyereh trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Looking ahead

Bechem United travel to Asante Kotoko

Next up on the road: Asante Kotoko, position 2. The supporters who go will talk about it all week and the ones who do not will check their phones at ten to five.

In brief

1 Edition

The Bechem United Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Augustine Okrah signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Augustine Okrah and Bechem United agree another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Bechem United

Isaiah Nyarko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Bechem United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Augustine Afranie was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

Talks stall between Bechem United and Darlvin Yeboah

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

No place for Amadu Abdulai in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Amadu Abdulai has his answer from Bechem United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market

The clock runs on Frank Amankwah's contract

24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief