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Edition
The Heart of Lions Herald
24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
Joseph Afful 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 Heart of Lions can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Heart of Lions
Ebenezer Abban 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Michael Ephson 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 Michael Ephson trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Joseph Afful is not doing himself any favours
- Market Sheriff Alabani leaves on loan
- Squad The manager comes out for Jayson Nettey