Jonathan Waris

Central Defender - Hasaacas
31 Oct 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Jonathan Waris

65 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Nobody wins at Hasaacas

12 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Match

5 matches without a win for Hasaacas

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Hasaacas are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Nana Mohammed 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.

Squad

Jeffrey Annan 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.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Jeffrey Annan

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Amos Ofori

“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.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Jeffrey Annan at his very best

Marked 8.07. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Hasaacas.

Match

Jeffrey Annan rescues a point for Hasaacas

It needed Jeffrey Annan to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Inter Allies, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Squad

Jonathan Waris dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

Back issues
64 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Jeffrey Annan runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 41. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

No end in sight to Hasaacas's wait for a win

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

Match

Hasaacas cannot find the net

4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Squad

Nana Mohammed 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Felix Wakaso 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

A bad afternoon for Hasaacas against Bechem United

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

In brief

63 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The small margins put Hasaacas out

Out, 0‑6 to Aduana Stars, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Baba Ofori

Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The terraces

Hasaacas are taken apart by Aduana Stars — and the town wants answers

It finished 0-6. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.

Squad

Kwame Inusah: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Nobody wins at Hasaacas

11 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Squad

Amos Ofori 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Hasaacas and Aduana Stars in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Match

Hasaacas cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Squad

Jeffrey Annan 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.

In brief

51 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Viking watching Joseph Partey

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hasaacas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Amos Ofori 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nana Mohammed 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.

In brief

37 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Jonathan Waris damages knee ligaments — 19 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 19 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

Bernard Essien breaks a bone — 30 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 30 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Nana Mohammed 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

36 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Jonathan Waris damages knee ligaments — 28 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 28 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Nana Mohammed 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 Hasaacas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Bernard Essien breaks a bone — 37 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 37 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

In brief

35 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Jonathan Waris damages knee ligaments — 35 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 35 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

Bernard Essien breaks a bone — 44 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 44 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Only the photograph left for Amos Essien

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Amos Essien will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hasaacas the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Amos Ofori 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.

Squad

Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jeffrey Annan 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.

Match

Hasaacas come up short against Medeama

Medeama left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

34 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Baba Ofori

Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Waris

43 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hasaacas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings

Both of them Amos Ofori's — 8.37

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.37, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad

Bernard Essien breaks a bone — 51 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 51 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Nana Mohammed 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.

Match

Hasaacas see off WAFA

Three points for Hasaacas, 2‑1 the final word against WAFA in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Baba Ofori

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Nobody wins at Hasaacas

8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Squad

Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdul Mensah 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.

In brief

33 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Jeffrey Annan runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 39. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Waris

50 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hasaacas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

No end in sight to Hasaacas's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hasaacas has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Bernard Essien breaks a bone — 58 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 58 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Nana Mohammed 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jeffrey Annan 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.

Match

Hasaacas come up short against Hearts of Oak

Hearts of Oak left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Loan watch

Samuel Mohammed keeps scoring at Bechem United

28 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

Market

Thomas Mensah leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Thomas Mensah leaves Hasaacas the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

32 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Waris

57 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hasaacas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Nana Mohammed asks to leave Hasaacas

“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

Bernard Essien breaks a bone — 65 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 65 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

The wait goes on for Hasaacas

7 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.

Squad

Joseph Partey keeps Hasaacas in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Albert Ayew keeps the receipts

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

Market

Only the photograph left for Thomas Paintsil

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Thomas Paintsil will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hasaacas the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Boardroom

Hasaacas to lose Thomas Paintsil for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Thomas Paintsil 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.

Match

Ashanti Gold take the points off Hasaacas

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

31 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Jeffrey Annan runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 49. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Waris

64 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hasaacas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

A fracture rules Bernard Essien out for 73 days

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

Market

Hasaacas say no — this time

The offer from Krylya Sovetov for Osman Inusah 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.

Match

6 matches without a win for Hasaacas

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Hasaacas are no longer polite ones.

Market

Amos Essien is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Amos Ofori 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.

Match

3 matches without a goal for Hasaacas

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Nana Mohammed 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.

In brief

30 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Jonathan Waris damages knee ligaments — 72 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 72 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

A fracture rules Bernard Essien out for 80 days

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

Player ratings

Jeffrey Annan runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

No end in sight to Hasaacas's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hasaacas has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Eyes on Osman Inusah again

The phone has started ringing about Osman Inusah again, and this time the name on the line is Krylya Sovetov. Hasaacas are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Nana Mohammed 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.

In brief

29 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Waris

80 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hasaacas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jeffrey Annan

Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

A fracture rules Bernard Essien out for 87 days

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

Match

No end in sight to Hasaacas's wait for a win

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

Squad

Nana Mohammed 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Abdul Mensah 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.

In brief

28 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Waris

87 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hasaacas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

Nowhere to hide for Hasaacas

1‑5 against Inter Allies, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Squad

A fracture rules Bernard Essien out for 94 days

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

Market

Felix Wakaso 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 Hasaacas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Amos Essien at 18 — 7.74

The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Amos Essien did not need any: 7.74, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Amos Ofori 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Hasaacas and Inter Allies in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Squad

No hiding place for Felix Wakaso

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

Boardroom

Inquest at Hasaacas

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

27 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Waris

94 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hasaacas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

Bernard Essien breaks a bone — 102 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 102 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Thomas Paintsil asks to leave Hasaacas

“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

Amos Essien is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Player ratings

Yaw Acquah runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Amos Ofori 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.

In brief

26 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Waris

101 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hasaacas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Nana Mohammed asks to leave Hasaacas

“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

A fracture rules Bernard Essien out for 110 days

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

Market

Hasaacas say no — this time

The offer from New Edubiase United for Amos Essien 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

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Nana Mohammed 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hasaacas against Asante Kotoko

1‑2 to Asante Kotoko, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Albert Ayew signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Albert Ayew and Hasaacas agree another 2 years.

Player ratings

Baba Ofori runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 8. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Loan watch

Samuel Mohammed has made Bechem United’s shirt his own

21 starts now, an average of 6.62, and the team sheet at Bechem United has stopped being a question. Exactly what everybody signed up for.

In brief

25 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Jonathan Waris damages knee ligaments — 109 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 109 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match

Hasaacas strike at the death to beat Liberty Professionals

There were 88 minutes on the clock and Liberty Professionals had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Hasaacas did not stop to explain themselves.

Market

Hasaacas say no — this time

The offer from Ashanti Gold for Jeffrey Annan 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

Albert Ayew keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Nana Mohammed 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Hasaacas

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Yaw Acquah

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Hasaacas see off Liberty Professionals

Three points for Hasaacas, 2‑1 the final word against Liberty Professionals in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces

Hasaacas supporters have found a favourite in Jeffrey Annan

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Jeffrey Annan 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

23 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jeffrey Annan

Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Albert Asamoah keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Nana Mohammed 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Kwame Inusah has seen enough of Medeama

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hasaacas, and 1 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Felix Wakaso

A mark of 7.76, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad

Baba Ofori named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Baba Ofori is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Match

Hasaacas share the spoils with Wa All Stars

A 1‑1 draw with Wa All Stars leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Edmund Ayew

“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

No place for Thomas Paintsil in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Thomas Paintsil has his answer from Hasaacas; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

11 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Jeffrey Annan runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 48. 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 Yaw Acquah out for 66 days

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

Match

Hasaacas out of the cup

Liberty Professionals ended it 0‑4. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

The terraces

A cup hiding at Liberty Professionals leaves Hasaacas explaining themselves

0-4, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.

Squad

Thomas Paintsil keeps Hasaacas 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

4 matches without a win for Hasaacas

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Hasaacas are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Amos Ofori 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.

Squad

Baba Mohammed 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.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Hasaacas

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

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The Hasaacas Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Nana Mohammed 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.

Squad

Jonathan Waris stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonathan Waris and Hasaacas agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Baba Mohammed 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.

In brief