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5 Jun 2028
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91 Edition

The Aduana Stars Gazette

24 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Aduana Stars sink to position 15

24 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Stephen Badu hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aduana Stars can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Maxwell Arthur gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

Back issues
90 Edition

The Aduana Stars Gazette

17 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Hensen Anponsa hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aduana Stars can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

William Dankyi: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Aduana Stars have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Benjamin Abaidoo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

86 Edition

The Aduana Stars Gazette

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

18 matches without a win for Aduana Stars

The run now stands at 18, and the questions being asked around Aduana Stars are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Sam Adams says Aduana Stars went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

A bad afternoon for Aduana Stars against New Edubiase United

1-3 to New Edubiase United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

83 Edition

The Aduana Stars Gazette

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

15 matches without a win for Aduana Stars

The run now stands at 15, and the questions being asked around Aduana Stars are no longer polite ones.

Match

Aduana Stars sink to position 15

22 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match

Chastening afternoon for Aduana Stars

A 1-4 beating by Asante Kotoko was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market

Stephen Badu hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aduana Stars can pretend not to have heard.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Market

Abubakar Adams attracts admirers

The name of Abubakar Adams has come up in conversations Aduana Stars were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Samuel Kuffour gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Aduana Stars 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.

Squad

Ekebuike James stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ekebuike James and Aduana Stars agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

49 Edition

The Aduana Stars Gazette

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Daniel Awuni is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.16 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Aduana Stars know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Godfred Boakye signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Godfred Boakye commits to Aduana Stars for another 3 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Maxwell Arthur

“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.

In brief

32 Edition

The Aduana Stars Gazette

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Alex Boakye stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Alex Boakye and Aduana Stars agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The month belongs to Daniel Awuni

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Aduana Stars have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Match

Aduana Stars share the spoils with Bechem United

A 1-1 draw with Bechem United leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

27 Edition

The Aduana Stars Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Gregory Sekyere

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Samuel Owusu Ansah hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aduana Stars can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Aduana Stars find a way past Ashanti Gold

Ashanti Gold made Aduana Stars work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Godfred Boakye out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Godfred Boakye, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Desmond Obeng out for 30 days

The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Desmond Obeng, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Maxwell Arthur gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Osei Prince placed on the list

Aduana Stars have made Osei Prince available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market

Window shut, Hensen Anponsa still here

Aduana Stars spent the window trying to move Hensen Anponsa on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Daouda Sidibé

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

In brief

14 Edition

The Aduana Stars Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Aduana Stars are in real trouble now

Position 15, 6 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Daouda Sidibé says Aduana Stars went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gregory Sekyere

“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

135% of the income goes out in wages at Aduana Stars

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match

A bad afternoon for Aduana Stars against Great Olympics

0-1 to Great Olympics, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Kammonke Willie named player of the month

The award goes to Kammonke Willie, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

In brief

10 Edition

The Aduana Stars Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Gregory Sekyere

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

No end in sight to Aduana Stars's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Aduana Stars has to find a result from somewhere.

Boardroom

Wages eat 222% of everything Aduana Stars earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Match

Aduana Stars share the spoils with Medeama

A 1-1 draw with Medeama leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Maxwell Arthur

“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.

Squad

Bourama Togola knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Aduana Stars, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief