The Wa All Stars Courier
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Albert Essien
Successful dribbles: 51. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Thomas Waris damages knee ligaments — 63 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 63 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Francis Essien is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Francis Essien: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match7 Oct 2026
Wa All Stars bow out of the cup
Great Olympics go through and Wa All Stars go home, 2‑2 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
A brace, and Isaac Essien takes the afternoon — 7.89
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Isaac Essien provided it, and the 7.89 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Joseph Afful 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.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
Wa All Stars supporters have found a favourite in Yaw Nuhu
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Yaw Nuhu 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
Wa All Stars get the job done against Medeama
A 1‑0 win over Medeama, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Match7 Oct 2026
Isaac Essien answers Great Olympics immediately
Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Isaac Essien had Wa All Stars level again within 3 minutes, and Great Olympics never got to play with a lead at all.