Marked for Patrick Baba
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces7 Jun 2027
WAFA sell a favourite for $45.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Kwadwo Schlupp was one of the reasons people came, and $45.0K does not replace that by itself.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Abraham Addo: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad7 Jun 2027
At 21, Ernest Kyereh is already the best thing here
An average of 7.09 in a first team he is several years too young for. WAFA have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad7 Jun 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 WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market7 Jun 2027
Liberty Professionals pay $45.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ebenezer Shamo, and the manager let it.
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Upbeat
Squad24 May 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 52 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad24 May 2027
“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.
Squad24 May 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 Inter Allies this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Uneasy
Squad10 May 2027
A season average of 7.09 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. WAFA know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad10 May 2027
Tempers go at WAFA
Ernest Kyereh 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.
Loan watch10 May 2027
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 8 appearances in 37 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
He is 21, he is averaging 7.09, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at WAFA
Abeiku Atiemo 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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
27 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
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Loan watch
Patrick Baba counts the days
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Squad
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
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Crisis
Match20 Mar 2027
1‑4 to Wa All Stars, 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.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad22 Mar 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 Inter Allies this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Inter Allies training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Brahim Sabaouni 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.
Boardroom22 Mar 2027
Nobody left the Inter Allies 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
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.
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Crisis
Match13 Mar 2027
The wait goes on for WAFA
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Mar 2027
He is 21, he is averaging 7.06, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Squad15 Mar 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 WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Diego Esqueda gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Diego Esqueda has just signed for WAFA, and for once the answer mattered.
Match13 Mar 2027
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Steady
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 36. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Daniel Asante: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad15 Feb 2027
He is 21, he is averaging 7.06, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Squad15 Feb 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 WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
7.77, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. WAFA had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at WAFA, and 7 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
Match13 Feb 2027
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. WAFA lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
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Uneasy
Market18 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.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Ernest Kyereh, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.04
A mark of 8.04 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” WAFA may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad18 Jan 2027
At 21, Ernest Kyereh is already the best thing here
An average of 7.05 in a first team he is several years too young for. WAFA have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at WAFA
Abeiku Atiemo 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.
Match16 Jan 2027
A 2‑1 win over Wa All Stars, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces18 Jan 2027
WAFA supporters have found a favourite in Ernest Kyereh
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Ernest Kyereh 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.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Abdul-Aziz Nurudeen was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.11. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ángel Contreras and WAFA agree another 3 years.
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Steady
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 53. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A season average of 7.73 with 19 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match19 Dec 2026
Whatever happens, WAFA do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad21 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 WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Dec 2026
He is 21, he is averaging 7.01, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Patrick Waris commits to WAFA for another 5 years.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Marked 7.91. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Loan watch21 Dec 2026
“I watch every WAFA game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Inter Allies runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match19 Dec 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Ashanti Gold leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Upbeat
Squad23 Nov 2026
Defences have started doubling up on Kamaldeen Kudus
22 goals and a season average of 7.80 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Squad23 Nov 2026
4 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Match21 Nov 2026
No mercy from WAFA
Berekum Chelsea will want this one forgotten quickly: 6‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. WAFA were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.69, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Ernest Kyereh, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.78
A mark of 7.78 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad23 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 WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes of Jeffrey Partey at his very best
Marked 10.00. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at WAFA.
Match21 Nov 2026
Jeffrey Partey among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Jeffrey Partey on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of WAFA and Berekum Chelsea.
The terraces23 Nov 2026
WAFA supporters have found a favourite in Ernest Kyereh
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Ernest Kyereh 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.
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Upbeat
Match24 Oct 2026
WAFA taken apart
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.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
12 goals and a season average of 7.46. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Daniel Asante 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Asante, and the manager let it.
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Upbeat
Match26 Sep 2026
5‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The match ball belongs to Kamaldeen Kudus, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Up for the corner, and Daniel Asante delivers — 7.37
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Daniel Asante scored, was marked 7.37, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 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 WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Mohammed Mohammed is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Marked 9.80 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
A performance of 9.11 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
The terraces28 Sep 2026
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
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Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Shedrack Asiegbu out for 105 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Inter Allies will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Inter Allies training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Brahim Sabaouni 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
It finished 2‑0, and it was Marius Obekop’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Inter Allies.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Patrick Baba
“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.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Marked 7.88. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Squad21 Sep 2026
20 new faces, and Inter Allies are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
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Crisis
Squad7 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad7 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 Inter Allies this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Inter Allies training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Brahim Sabaouni 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Liberty Professionals left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market7 Sep 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joseph Asamoah is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Sep 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Addo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market7 Sep 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ernest Sulemana is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Sep 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mohammed Addo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
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Steady
Squad24 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 Inter Allies this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Inter Allies training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Solomon Ogberahwe 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
WAFA say no — this time
The offer from Hasaacas for Ernest Kyereh 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.
Market24 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 WAFA, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Ernest Kyereh 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
37 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Mohammed Mohammed 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Baba commits to WAFA for another 3 years.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Hasaacas have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ernest Kyereh. The answer from WAFA has not changed — yet.
Squad17 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 WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bernard Amoah, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Inter Allies are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. WAFA will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Gladson Inusah 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.