Kwesi Asmah

Central Midfielder - Ashanti Gold
21 Jan 2027
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25 Edition

The Hearts of Oak Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad18 Jan 2027

A fracture rules Jonathan Mensah out for 39 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hearts of Oak will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad18 Jan 2027

A one-man rearguard from Benjamin Asare

There were 8 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.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

A brace, and Brian Garino takes the afternoon — 8.25

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Brian Garino provided it, and the 8.25 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Match16 Jan 2027

10 unbeaten for Hearts of Oak

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Hearts of Oak did not have in the autumn.

Squad18 Jan 2027

David Oppong keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hearts of Oak may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market18 Jan 2027

Hearts of Oak turn down Liberty Professionals for Rocky Dwamena

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Boardroom18 Jan 2027

Hearts of Oak to lose Rocky Dwamena for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Rocky Dwamena has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Hearts of Oak

Lucas González 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.

Market18 Jan 2027

Eyes on Ramzy Yussif again

The phone has started ringing about Ramzy Yussif again, and this time the name on the line is Bechem United. Hearts of Oak are listening politely and promising nothing.

In brief

Back issues
12 Edition

The Hearts of Oak Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad19 Oct 2026

A one-man rearguard from Benjamin Asare

There were 6 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.

Match17 Oct 2026

Whatever happens, Hearts of Oak do not lose

8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad19 Oct 2026

David Oppong is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Lucas González 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words at Hearts of Oak training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vander 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.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Raphael Amponsah runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match17 Oct 2026

Hearts of Oak 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.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

A defender's afternoon for Abdul Karim

Defensive actions: 8. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

A defender's afternoon for Ali Mohammed

Defensive actions: 8. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

In brief

7 Edition

The Hearts of Oak Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Hearts of Oak

Lucas González 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 ratings14 Sep 2026

Vander runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Both jobs done by Brian Garino — 6.57

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 10 actions, 6.57, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

Match12 Sep 2026

George Paaku rescues a point for Hearts of Oak

It needed George Paaku to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against BA All Stars, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Hearts of Oak pick somebody else ahead of Wellerson

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Stephen Appiah Asare falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A Hearts of Oak teenager takes the young player award

George Paaku is 20, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

George Paaku changes it off the bench

He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and Hearts of Oak had a different afternoon.

Market14 Sep 2026

Hearts of Oak and Kwesi Asmah are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief