The Heart of Lions Herald
Match28 Nov 2026
The drought breaks for Heart of Lions
13 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and WAFA were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Match30 Nov 2026
Heart of Lions are in real trouble now
Position 15, 5 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.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
No sign of nerves from Ishmael Addo at 19 — 7.92
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ishmael Addo did not need any: 7.92, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Atta Kusi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Heart of Lions may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at Heart of Lions training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ebenezer Abban 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Heart of Lions
Isaac Mintah 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.
The terraces30 Nov 2026
The crowd has taken to Deruo Wisdom
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match28 Nov 2026
Ishmael Addo sends Heart of Lions past WAFA
It finished 1‑0, and it was Ishmael Addo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Heart of Lions.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Kwesi Pong beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- The dugout A satisfied Osman Mohammed
- The dugout No hiding place for Denis Hutor
- Player ratings Kwadwo Obeng Junior could have had three