Andre Asante

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Marked for Andre Asante

16 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Thomas Amoah leads the rout of Bechem United

3‑0, and Thomas Amoah took the headlines on an afternoon when everything BA All Stars tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Player ratings

A brace, and Thomas Amoah takes the afternoon — 9.55

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Thomas Amoah provided it, and the 9.55 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

Thomas Amoah is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.57 with 19 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Patrick Ofori keeps BA All Stars 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.

Player ratings

Andre Asante, 20, steals the show — 7.77

Marked 7.77 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Bakary Kante

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Words exchanged at BA All Stars

Chinedu Chukwu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

A row about effort at BA All Stars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joseph Appiah was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces

BA All Stars supporters have found a favourite in Andre Asante

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Andre Asante 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

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout Osman Essien gets it from the manager
  • The dugout When it matters, Abdul Bukari plays
Back issues
12 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Both of them Thomas Amoah's — 8.87

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.87, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings

Daniel Adjei beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 28. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

Tempers go at BA All Stars

Edmund Adjei 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

A row about effort at BA All Stars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Chinedu Chukwu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match

Thomas Amoah the difference as BA All Stars beat Wa All Stars

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Thomas Amoah. 2‑1 against Wa All Stars, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces

BA All Stars supporters have found a favourite in Andre Asante

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Andre Asante 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Osman Acquah

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

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Jeffrey Kudus, on a 2‑1 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

The dugout

Felix Gyan 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

6 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Francis Asante

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

Squad

Patrick Ofori stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Player ratings

Both of them Thomas Amoah's — 8.72

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.72, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings

Andre Asante could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.39

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.39, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Market

Eyes on Thomas Amoah again

The phone has started ringing about Thomas Amoah again, and this time the name on the line is Hearts of Oak. BA All Stars are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market

Francis Nuhu asks to leave BA All Stars

“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.

Boardroom

BA All Stars close the window on a squad of their own making

7 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market

BA All Stars say no — this time

The offer from Great Olympics for Felix Gyan 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.

Market

Francis Nuhu’s move to WAFA falls through

The deal that would have taken Francis Nuhu to WAFA has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to BA All Stars with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

In brief