The Hearts of Oak Gazette
Match7 Oct 2026
Hearts of Oak bow out of the cup
Inter Allies go through and Hearts of Oak go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
George Paaku, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 8.82
A mark of 8.82 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 31 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
A first appearance Michael Noumon will want to forget — 5.57
Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.57, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Emmanuel Amankwah at Hearts of Oak
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Emmanuel Amankwah is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Oct 2026
At 20, George Paaku is already the best thing here
An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Hearts of Oak have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match10 Oct 2026
Hearts of Oak come up short against Liberty Professionals
Liberty Professionals left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Enock Asubonteng 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 Hearts of Oak this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
Hearts of Oak supporters have found a favourite in George Paaku
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. George Paaku has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Hamza Issah
- Boardroom Doors closed at Hearts of Oak
- Player ratings Theophilus Collison runs at them all day