Andre Essien

Defensive Midfielder - Wa All Stars
23 Feb 2027
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Marked for Andre Essien

29 Edition

The Wa All Stars Courier

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market15 Feb 2027

Kwame Mensah 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 The request is on a desk at Wa All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings15 Feb 2027

Nobody could get near Jayden Adams

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market15 Feb 2027

Only the photograph left for Andrew Partey

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Andrew Partey will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Wa All Stars the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Boardroom15 Feb 2027

Wa All Stars to lose Andrew Partey for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Andrew Partey 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.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Jayden Adams 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.

Match13 Feb 2027

Wa All Stars see off Ashanti Gold

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

Player ratings15 Feb 2027

The afternoon belonged to Jeffrey Appiah

A mark of 7.87, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Words at Wa All Stars training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hossam Hassan 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.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Andre Essien 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.

In brief

Back issues
26 Edition

The Wa All Stars Courier

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad25 Jan 2027

Abdul Essien damages knee ligaments — 18 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 18 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.

Market25 Jan 2027

Andrew Partey asks to leave Wa 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.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Andre Essien says Wa All Stars went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings25 Jan 2027

Baba Bukari 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.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Wa All Stars

Baba Bukari 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.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Hossam Hassan 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.

Player ratings25 Jan 2027

The afternoon belonged to Abeiku Boakye

A mark of 7.55, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Match23 Jan 2027

Wa All Stars and Medeama cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Medeama came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Market25 Jan 2027

The Joseph Waris talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Wa All Stars know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

24 Edition

The Wa All Stars Courier

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad11 Jan 2027

Belia gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Belia has just signed for Wa All Stars, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Wa All Stars

Berna 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.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Words at Wa All Stars training over how hard people work

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

Match9 Jan 2027

Hearts of Oak take the points off Wa All Stars

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

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

Nobody could get near Jeffrey Appiah

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

Baba Bukari takes the honours

Marked 7.89 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Wa All Stars had the best player on the pitch.

Market11 Jan 2027

Wa All Stars sign Hossam Hassan, one for the future

Hossam Hassan is 20, and Wa All Stars 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.

Market11 Jan 2027

Mohammed Annan is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Wa All Stars has been clear about where Mohammed Annan stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Andre Essien 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.

In brief

19 Edition

The Wa All Stars Courier

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad7 Dec 2026

Bernard Owusu breaks a bone — 31 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 31 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Jeffrey Appiah 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.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Berna 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.

Match5 Dec 2026

Wa All Stars come up short against Inter Allies

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

Squad7 Dec 2026

Tempers go at Wa All Stars

Mohammed 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 ratings7 Dec 2026

Patrick Nuhu's mistake decides it

Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Wa All Stars needed to.

In brief

8 Edition

The Wa All Stars Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad21 Sep 2026

A fracture rules Bernard Owusu out for 113 days

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

Squad21 Sep 2026

Jonathan Kudus 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.

Match19 Sep 2026

Wa All Stars come up short against Hasaacas

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

In brief