Daniel Baba

Goalkeeper - New Edubiase United
6 Nov 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Daniel Baba

171 Edition

The New Edubiase United Gazette

5 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Boubakary Diarra 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 The request is on a desk at New Edubiase United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Joke Efevwerha keeps New Edubiase United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

No end in sight to New Edubiase United's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at New Edubiase United has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Newton Adebayo 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 New Edubiase United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Home is on Boubakary Diarra's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; New Edubiase United are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Match

New Edubiase United come up short against Hearts of Oak

Hearts of Oak left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Liam Eissat runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Samuel Okon

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Talks stall between New Edubiase United and Joke Efevwerha

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

Back issues
167 Edition

The New Edubiase United Gazette

8 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

New Edubiase United bow out of the cup

Medeama go through and New Edubiase United go home, 0‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market

Daniel Baba asks to leave New Edubiase United

“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.

Squad

Newton Adebayo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Newton Adebayo commits to New Edubiase United for another 3 years.

Squad

Newton Adebayo 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 New Edubiase United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Sibusiso Tau runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Newton Adebayo in the eights

A performance of 9.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

New Edubiase United get the job done against Ashanti Gold

A 2‑1 win over Ashanti Gold, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

One of those days for Liam Eissat

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.70, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Yaw Annor in the eights

A performance of 8.18 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

165 Edition

The New Edubiase United Gazette

24 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to New Edubiase United's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at New Edubiase United has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Newton Adebayo 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 New Edubiase United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Wisdom Magbisa in the eights

A performance of 9.20 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Newton Adebayo runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Joke Efevwerha gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Honours even between New Edubiase United and Bechem United

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Samuel Kudus

Marked 5.24, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

Squad

Yaw Annor 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 Yaw Annor trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

Yaw Annor has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Yaw Annor keeps the shirt for now, at New Edubiase United's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

161 Edition

The New Edubiase United Gazette

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Only the photograph left for Karabo Molefe

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Karabo Molefe will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around New Edubiase United the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market

Daniel Baba asks to leave New Edubiase United

“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.

Market

New Edubiase United say no — this time

The offer from Bechem United for Samuel Kudus was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Newton Adebayo 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 New Edubiase United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Joke Efevwerha gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Richard Afriyie placed on the list

New Edubiase United have made Richard Afriyie available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

81 Edition

The New Edubiase United Gazette

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

13 matches without a win for New Edubiase United

The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around New Edubiase United are no longer polite ones.

Market

Daniel Baba 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 New Edubiase United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Newton Adebayo 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 New Edubiase United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Newton Adebayo

Marked 8.93 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Newton Adebayo is carrying New Edubiase United

7 goals and a season average of 7.42. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Kelvin Asenso gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Honours even between New Edubiase United and Hasaacas

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Chimaobi Kingsley has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and New Edubiase United will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

Player ratings

Wisdom Magbisa runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

79 Edition

The New Edubiase United Gazette

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for New Edubiase United

11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market

Mahmoud Labib 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 New Edubiase United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Karabo Molefe keeps New Edubiase United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Newton Adebayo 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 New Edubiase United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Osas Okoro

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

A bad afternoon for New Edubiase United against Berekum Chelsea

0‑1 to Berekum Chelsea, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Gladson Boateng signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gladson Boateng commits to New Edubiase United for another 2 years.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Newton Adebayo

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

New Edubiase United buy the years ahead of Daniel Baba

He is 17, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

In brief

79 Edition

The Wa All Stars Courier

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Thomas Mohammed is carrying Wa All Stars

13 goals and a season average of 7.72. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market

Afriyie 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 Wa All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Ahmed Diomandé 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 Wa All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Ahmed Diomandé runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Business is business: Daniel Baba goes

New Edubiase United paid $2.0K and Wa All Stars took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Player ratings

One of those days for Thomas Mohammed

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Gladson Ofori

Marked 8.12 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match

Honours even between Wa All Stars and BA All Stars

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Market

Heart of Lions are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Wa All Stars will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief