Marked for Daniel Appiah
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad15 Feb 2027
A season average of 7.68 with 36 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match13 Feb 2027
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Abdul Annan breaks a bone — 49 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 49 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad15 Feb 2027
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Market15 Feb 2027
Osman Asante 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 BA All Stars can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
No sign of nerves from Emmanuel Partey at 21 — 7.99
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Emmanuel Partey did not need any: 7.99, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market15 Feb 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. BA All Stars have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match13 Feb 2027
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Daniel Appiah 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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Uneasy
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match9 Jan 2027
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Medeama, and it could have been more.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Abdul Annan breaks a bone — 84 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 84 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The match ball belongs to Gladson Acquah, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Gladson Acquah
22 goals and a season average of 7.46 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Market11 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market11 Jan 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. BA All Stars will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
A performance of 9.47 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Crisis
Squad4 Jan 2027
Abdul Annan breaks a bone — 91 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 91 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
Match4 Jan 2027
Position 14, 12 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad4 Jan 2027
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.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at BA All Stars
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at BA All Stars is running low.
Squad4 Jan 2027
19 goals and a season average of 7.39. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market4 Jan 2027
Add another name to the list: USM Alger have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Jonathan Sulemana. The answer from BA All Stars has not changed — yet.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Daniel Appiah 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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Crisis
Match26 Dec 2026
Beaten 1‑4 by Hearts of Oak, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Abdul Annan breaks a bone — 98 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 98 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market28 Dec 2026
“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 BA All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Jonathan Sulemana 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Harrison Owusu
“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.
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Crisis
Squad23 Nov 2026
Abdul Annan breaks a bone — 133 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 133 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.79, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market23 Nov 2026
“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 BA All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Defences have started doubling up on Gladson Acquah
15 goals and a season average of 7.34 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Match21 Nov 2026
5 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Daniel Appiah 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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between BA All Stars and Inter Allies, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Match21 Nov 2026
2‑4 to Inter Allies, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at BA All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Sulemana 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.
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Crisis
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market16 Nov 2026
“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 ratings16 Nov 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.24 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad16 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match14 Nov 2026
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Match14 Nov 2026
BA All Stars are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Harrison Owusu, and the manager let it.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
“I watch every BA All Stars game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Ashanti Gold runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Patrick Atiemo 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.
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Crisis
Squad9 Nov 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match7 Nov 2026
1‑4 to Asante Kotoko, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market9 Nov 2026
“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 BA All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Daniel Appiah 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A season average of 7.29 with 13 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at BA All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Sulemana 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.
Boardroom9 Nov 2026
Nobody left the BA All Stars dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market9 Nov 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at BA All Stars, another week without a signature from Christian Atiemo.
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Crisis
Squad5 Oct 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market5 Oct 2026
“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.
Match3 Oct 2026
5 matches without a win for BA All Stars
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around BA All Stars are no longer polite ones.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Patrick Atiemo is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad5 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match3 Oct 2026
3 matches without a goal for BA All Stars
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Match3 Oct 2026
Ashanti Gold left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at BA All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christian Atiemo 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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Crisis
Market28 Sep 2026
“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.
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to BA All Stars's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at BA All Stars has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Daniel Appiah 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 ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at BA All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Sulemana 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
0‑1 to Medeama, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Crisis
Match19 Sep 2026
Chastening afternoon for BA All Stars
A 0‑7 beating by WAFA was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market21 Sep 2026
“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 BA All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match19 Sep 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about BA All Stars and WAFA in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Jonathan Sulemana 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Appiah, and the manager let it.
Boardroom21 Sep 2026
Nobody left the BA All Stars dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
“I watch every BA All Stars game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Ashanti Gold runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer from Asante Kotoko for Emmanuel Wakaso 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Daniel Appiah 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer from Berekum Chelsea for Daniel Appiah 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jonathan Sulemana commits to BA All Stars for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniel Appiah 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at BA All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Sulemana 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jonathan Sulemana trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“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 BA All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jonathan Sulemana 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Christian Kyereh has come up in conversations BA All Stars were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at BA All Stars, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 Aug 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Emmanuel Appiah’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.