The Liberty Professionals Chronicle
The dugout27 Nov 2028
Amos Afful frozen out at Liberty Professionals
This is not rotation. Amos Afful has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Liberty Professionals is pretending otherwise.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Yaw 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 Liberty Professionals this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Words at Liberty Professionals training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yaw 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.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Fred Dabanka is slowing down
At 35, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Baba Owusu signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Baba Owusu and Liberty Professionals agree another 3 years.
The dugout27 Nov 2028
When it matters, Jeffrey Amoah plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout27 Nov 2028
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Emmanuel Djiku was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Liberty Professionals dressing room was either.
The dugout27 Nov 2028
Somebody else is better right now than Albert Bukari
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Match25 Nov 2028
Point won or two lost for Liberty Professionals?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Aduana Stars? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
In brief
- Player ratings Christian Bukari leaves them behind him
- Player ratings Samuel Essien runs at them all day
- Player ratings Isaac Asante unlocks it