Francis Waris

Central Defender - BA All Stars
5 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Francis Waris

18 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to BA All Stars's wait for a win

14 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at BA All Stars has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Every point is an argument now for BA All Stars

Position 16 and 2 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Match

Chastening afternoon for BA All Stars

A 0‑4 beating by New Edubiase United was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market

Francis Waris 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 The request is on a desk at BA All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Patrick Asante 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

Taoufik Safsafi 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

No hiding place for Jeffrey Mensah

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

Squad

Words at BA All Stars training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ernest Bukari 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.

Boardroom

Doors closed at BA All Stars

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Ernest Addo

There were 12 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.

Match

10 matches without a win for BA All Stars

The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around BA All Stars are no longer polite ones.

Match

BA All Stars are in real trouble now

Position 16, 2 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 ratings

Abeiku Ayew runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A fracture rules Emmanuel Mensah out for 40 days

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

Market

Francis Waris asks to leave BA All Stars

“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.

Match

BA All Stars are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 6 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Squad

Taoufik Safsafi 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.

Match

Felix Adjei’s goal not enough for BA All Stars

Felix Adjei scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Liberty Professionals, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

In brief