Charles Agyemang

Right Midfielder - BA All Stars
7 Aug 2028
Monday
Process

Marked for Charles Agyemang

79 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Kamaldeen Asante keeps BA All Stars in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the BA All Stars boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad

Jonathan Essien: 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.” BA All Stars have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

The wait goes on for BA All Stars

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Felix Partey 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 BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Edmund Mohammed

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.73, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gladson Paintsil

“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.

Match

BA All Stars share the spoils with Wa All Stars

A 2‑2 draw with Wa All Stars leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Mohammed Kudus

A mark of 5.38 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

Back issues
78 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Kwadwo Asamoah keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” BA All Stars may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

BA All Stars sign Isaac Oppong for $480.0K

The paperwork is done: Isaac Oppong joins from Ashanti Gold in a deal worth $480.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Kamaldeen Asante 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 BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Charles Agyemang stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Charles Agyemang and BA All Stars agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Costly mistake from Kamaldeen Asante

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Kamaldeen Asante knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Match

BA All Stars and Aduana Stars take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Market

Jonathan Essien is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at BA All Stars has been clear about where Jonathan Essien stands, which is more than many ever get.

Player ratings

Felix Partey keeps on missing

Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Emanuel Zauda

Marked 5.80, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

77 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

David Essien keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” BA All Stars may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at BA All Stars

Kamaldeen Asante 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.

Match

BA All Stars come up short against Ashanti Gold

Ashanti Gold left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Kamaldeen Asante

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

Squad

Edmund Mohammed is carrying BA All Stars

7 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Player ratings

Felix Owusu gives it away

There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. BA All Stars lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Zaid Osman

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Gladson Paintsil never got going

5.61 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief

76 Edition

The Berekum Chelsea Gazette

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Eric Ofori-Antwi keeps Berekum Chelsea in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

6 matches without a win for Berekum Chelsea

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Berekum Chelsea are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Seth Paintsil 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 Berekum Chelsea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Richmond Lamptey runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

No hiding place for Kwesi Sorotu Badori

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

Match

Asante Kotoko take the points off Berekum Chelsea

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

Squad

Gladson Boateng stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Gladson Boateng and Berekum Chelsea agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Berekum Chelsea shop where it costs nothing

Kingsley Braye signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.

Market

Berekum Chelsea pick up Gladson Boateng for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Gladson Boateng arrives at Berekum Chelsea with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

In brief

74 Edition

The Berekum Chelsea Gazette

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Charles Agyemang 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 Berekum Chelsea, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Richmond Lamptey runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Ebenezer Assifuah out for 70 days

The medical room confirms 70 days on the sidelines for Ebenezer Assifuah, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match

No end in sight to Berekum Chelsea's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Berekum Chelsea has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at Berekum Chelsea

Seth Paintsil 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.

Match

Berekum Chelsea come up short against Great Olympics

Great Olympics left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

70 Edition

The Berekum Chelsea Gazette

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Berekum Chelsea count the cost of losing Ebenezer Assifuah

99 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Yaw Dankwah: 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.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Berekum Chelsea

Seth Paintsil 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Seidu Abubakar

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.28, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Kwesi Sorotu Badori shuts the door

Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

No hiding place for Johnson Amuzu

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

Match

Berekum Chelsea find a way past Medeama

Medeama made Berekum Chelsea work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Michael Mensah Awuah

Defensive actions: 14. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Johnson Amuzu leaves them behind him

Shots: 10. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

68 Edition

The Berekum Chelsea Gazette

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Eric Ofori-Antwi keeps Berekum Chelsea in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 26 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

Morrison Anokye: 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.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Charles Agyemang 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 Berekum Chelsea, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Bradley Dala has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Berekum Chelsea they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Player ratings

Richmond Lamptey runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Berekum Chelsea

Seth Paintsil 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Berekum Chelsea against Hearts of Oak

1‑2 to Hearts of Oak, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

No hiding place for Eric Ofori-Antwi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Eric Ofori-Antwi, and the manager let it.

In brief

63 Edition

The Berekum Chelsea Gazette

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Berekum Chelsea out of the cup

Great Olympics ended it 3‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Market

Charles Agyemang 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 Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Vincent Klu Adjeu says Berekum Chelsea 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

Berekum Chelsea count the cost of losing Rahman Abdul

79 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Seth Paintsil 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 Berekum Chelsea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Vincent Klu Adjeu

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.92, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Richmond Lamptey runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Johnson Amuzu in the eights

A performance of 8.65 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

One of those days for Emmanuel Sarpong

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.58, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

59 Edition

The Berekum Chelsea Gazette

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Zorya come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Berekum Chelsea did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Charles Agyemang 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 Berekum Chelsea, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Rahman Abdul out for 112 days

The medical room confirms 112 days on the sidelines for Rahman Abdul, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Seth Paintsil 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 Berekum Chelsea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Berekum Chelsea find a way past Great Olympics

Great Olympics made Berekum Chelsea work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

One of those days for Seth Paintsil

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.82, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Richmond Lamptey

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Seth Paintsil is off the mark for Berekum Chelsea

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Player ratings

The one thing Johnson Amuzu could not do

Shots: 12, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

25 Edition

The Berekum Chelsea Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Morrison Anokye says Berekum Chelsea 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

Tempers go at Berekum Chelsea

Seth Paintsil 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Richmond Lamptey

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

A bad afternoon for Berekum Chelsea against Bechem United

1‑2 to Bechem United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Khulumani Ndamane in the eights

A performance of 8.80 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

No hiding place for Samuel Amofa

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

Player ratings

Rahman Abdul keeps on missing

Shots: 11, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Squad

Khulumani Ndamane has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Berekum Chelsea know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Market

Richmond Lamptey linked with a move away

The name of Richmond Lamptey keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Berekum Chelsea say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

24 Edition

The Berekum Chelsea Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Eric Ofori-Antwi keeps Berekum Chelsea in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Augustine Agyapong asks to leave Berekum Chelsea

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Seth Paintsil 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 Berekum Chelsea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Richmond Lamptey runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Samuel Amofa

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

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.

Market

Charles Agyemang is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Berekum Chelsea has been clear about where Charles Agyemang stands, which is more than many ever get.

Match

Berekum Chelsea and Asante Kotoko cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Asante Kotoko came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad

Michael Mensah Awuah asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief