The BA All Stars Gazette
Squad21 Sep 2026
Amos Annan keeps BA All Stars in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Jonathan Gyan at 21 — 7.82
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jonathan Gyan did not need any: 7.82, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market21 Sep 2026
Kwame Bukari 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at BA All Stars
Jonathan Gyan 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
BA All Stars share the spoils with Hearts of Oak
A 1‑1 draw with Hearts of Oak leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Half-satisfied: Baba Ayew on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Market21 Sep 2026
The shop window has Harrison Partey in it
BA All Stars have let the market know Harrison Partey can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Harrison Partey knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Harrison Partey trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Kwadwo Waris
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.
In brief
- Squad The first one for Jonathan Gyan
- The dugout Albert Afful left out for tactical reasons at BA All Stars
- Player ratings Mamudo Moro was unplayable