Patrick Acquah

Left Forward - Hearts of Oak
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Patrick Acquah

27 Edition

The Hearts of Oak Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Still nobody has beaten Hearts of Oak

The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

Ramzy Yussif asks to leave Hearts of Oak

“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

Theophilus Collison 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.

Player ratings

Mohammed Hussein runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. 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 Hearts of Oak

Patrick Acquah 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 ratings

One of those days for David Atanga

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.13, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market

Martin Karikari attracts admirers

The name of Martin Karikari has come up in conversations Hearts of Oak were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Match

Hearts of Oak get the job done against Asante Kotoko

A 1‑0 win over Asante Kotoko, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

No hiding place for Patrick Acquah

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

In brief

Back issues
26 Edition

The Hearts of Oak Gazette

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

No mercy from Hearts of Oak

Liberty Professionals will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Hearts of Oak were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Market

Raphael Amponsah 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 Hearts of Oak, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Hearts of Oak

The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

Hearts of Oak turn down Hasaacas for Prince Kwabena Owusu

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

Squad

Patrick Acquah 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from David Atanga

Marked 9.31 — 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Kelvin Osei Asibey

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.07, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Hearts of Oak count the cost of losing Ramzy Yussif

36 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Player ratings

Isaac Sackey shuts the door

Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief

25 Edition

The Hearts of Oak Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

David Atanga runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

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.

Squad

George Paaku is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.12 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Hearts of Oak know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Market

Hearts of Oak turn down Asante Kotoko for Kwesi Asmah

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

Squad

Kelvin Osei Asibey 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.

Squad

This league is too small for Patrick Acquah

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Hearts of Oak will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Kelvin Osei Asibey

A mark of 7.65, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Market

Ransford Mensah is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hearts of Oak has been clear about where Ransford Mensah stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

New Edubiase United are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Hearts of Oak will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

24 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Yaw Djiku runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 51. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Patrick Acquah 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.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Samuel Annan 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

Abraham Kyereh’s goal not enough for Hasaacas

Abraham Kyereh scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Great Olympics, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

Emmanuel Djiku 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.

Squad

Kelvin Abrefa has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Hasaacas know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Squad

Patrick Acquah asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

No place for Felix Gyan in the plan

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

In brief

23 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Hearts of Oak come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Emmanuel Baba 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

Andre Waris is named among the best

There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Hasaacas will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Hasaacas

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Samuel Annan 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

Defences have started doubling up on Andre Waris

9 goals and a season average of 7.42 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Player ratings

One of those days for Andre Waris

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.16, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Hasaacas see off Wa All Stars

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

Player ratings

Yaw Djiku 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.

In brief

19 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Yaw Djiku runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Abdul Sulemana 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

Samuel Annan 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Andre Waris

Marked 9.18 — 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.

Player ratings

Abraham Kyereh in the eights

A performance of 9.06 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Abraham Kyereh the difference as Hasaacas beat WAFA

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Abraham Kyereh. 2‑1 against WAFA, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Andre Waris

7 goals and a season average of 7.30 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Squad

No hiding place for Isaac Owusu

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

Squad

Abraham Kyereh finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Hasaacas have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

18 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Gladson Mensah 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 Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Samuel Annan 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 ratings

Nobody could get near Yaw Djiku

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Hasaacas see off Hearts of Oak

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

Player ratings

One of those days for Andre Waris

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.88, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Nana Essien

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

Loan watch

Jonathan Sulemana counts the days

“I watch every Hasaacas game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Inter Allies runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Andre Waris

6 goals and a season average of 7.23 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Squad

Patrick Acquah asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

17 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Samuel Annan 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.

Match

Hasaacas are in real trouble now

Position 14, 10 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.

Squad

Samuel Annan 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.

Player ratings

Andre Waris 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

Isaac Owusu in the eights

A performance of 8.33 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Patrick Appiah

“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

Honours even between Hasaacas and Ashanti Gold

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

Squad

Patrick Acquah asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Abraham Boakye

Marked 5.39, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

16 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Patrick Appiah 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.

Player ratings

Andre Waris runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Hasaacas lose Patrick Acquah

32 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Samuel Annan 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

Felix Afful’s goal not enough for Hasaacas

Felix Afful scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Heart of Lions, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

No hiding place for Abdul Sulemana

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

In brief

15 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Emmanuel Baba 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

Samuel Annan out for 19 days

The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Samuel Annan, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

At 21, Andre Waris is already the best thing here

An average of 7.16 in a first team he is several years too young for. Hasaacas have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Samuel Annan 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.

Player ratings

Yaw Djiku 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hasaacas against Berekum Chelsea

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

Player ratings

A masterclass from Andre Waris

Marked 8.47 — 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

No hiding place for Emmanuel Djiku

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

Loan watch

Kwame Nuhu counts the days

“I watch every Hasaacas game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at New Edubiase United runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

14 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Yaw Djiku 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.

Market

Patrick Acquah 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

Nana Essien 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

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Samuel Annan 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.

Loan watch

Jonathan Sulemana has seen enough of Inter Allies

“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 4 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings

One of those days for Andre Waris

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.89, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Andre Waris the difference as Hasaacas beat New Edubiase United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Andre Waris. 1‑0 against New Edubiase United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Abraham Kyereh

“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

Emmanuel Baba shuts the door

Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief

12 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Gladson Mensah 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

Hasaacas count the cost of losing Patrick Acquah

62 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Player ratings

Andre Waris runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. 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

Samuel Annan 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

The manager makes an example of Abdul Sulemana

“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

Isaac Owusu stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.91 on the card, and the Hasaacas support went home talking about one name.

In brief

10 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Patrick Acquah 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

A one-man rearguard from Nana Essien

There were 7 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Samuel Annan 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

Abraham Boakye sends Hasaacas past Liberty Professionals

It finished 2‑1, and it was Abraham Boakye’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Hasaacas.

Squad

Yaw Djiku 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.

Player ratings

Andre Waris runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Andre Waris named player of the month

The award goes to Andre Waris, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

Player ratings

Abraham Boakye takes the honours

Marked 7.91 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Hasaacas had the best player on the pitch.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Gladson Mensah

Marked 5.57, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

9 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Samuel Annan 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 Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

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

Samuel Annan 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Andre Waris

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Patrick Appiah 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.

Squad

Samuel Annan knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

8 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Andre Waris runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Patrick Appiah 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

Hasaacas lose Patrick Acquah

91 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Samuel Annan 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

Christian Ofori’s goal not enough for Hasaacas

Christian Ofori scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Wa All Stars, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

Samuel Annan 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Christian Ofori

Marked 8.15 — 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

Christian Ofori is off the mark for Hasaacas

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Samuel Annan

A mark of 5.59 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

7 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Emmanuel Baba 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

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Patrick Acquah 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 come up short against Aduana Stars

Aduana Stars left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nana Essien

“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

Andre Waris stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.77 on the card, and the Hasaacas support went home talking about one name.

Loan watch

Kwame Nuhu counts the days

“I watch every Hasaacas game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at New Edubiase United runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Christian Ofori

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Felix Afful

Every debut is a small story about the future: Felix Afful, 18 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Abeiku Afful

Marked 5.43, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

6 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Patrick Acquah 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

Andre Waris takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Match

Andre Waris’s goal not enough for Hasaacas

Andre Waris scored, and precious little else went right: 3‑4 to BA All Stars, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Player ratings

Andre Waris in the eights

A performance of 9.92 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Tempers go at Hasaacas

Samuel Annan 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

Abdul Sulemana 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.

Squad

Costly mistake from Nana Essien

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Nana Essien knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Market

Hasaacas sign Samuel Boateng, one for the future

Samuel Boateng is 16, and Hasaacas have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

In brief

5 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Samuel Annan 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 Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Samuel Annan 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.

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The manager makes an example of Patrick Acquah

“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.

In brief

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The Hasaacas Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Great Olympics come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

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Patrick Appiah 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 Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

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Patrick Acquah out for 119 days

The medical room confirms 119 days on the sidelines for Patrick Acquah, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

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Tempers go at Hasaacas

Samuel Annan 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.

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Hasaacas sell Kwadwo Amoah for $8.0K

Kwadwo Amoah has left for Inter Allies in a $8.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

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Amos Inusah signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Amos Inusah commits to Hasaacas for another 3 years.

In brief

2 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Hasaacas turn down Medeama for Patrick Acquah

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

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Emmanuel 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 Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

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Andre Waris signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andre Waris commits to Hasaacas for another 4 years.

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Samuel Annan 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.

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No hiding place for Nana Essien

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

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Hearts of Oak expected to open talks for Albert Bukari

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hasaacas will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

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