The Wa All Stars Courier
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Sheriff Alabani scores twice — 8.55
Two goals and a mark of 8.55 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
No sign of nerves from Baba Salifu Apiiga at 19 — 7.89
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Baba Salifu Apiiga did not need any: 7.89, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Samuel Mensah keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Wa All Stars may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match20 Feb 2027
Wa All Stars see off BA All Stars
Three points for Wa All Stars, 2‑1 the final word against BA All Stars in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Abdul Adjei 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.
The terraces22 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Baba Salifu Apiiga
At 19 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Wa All Stars lose Daniel Bukari
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at Wa All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hensen Anponsa 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.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
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.” Samuel Afful, on a 2‑1 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Nana Amoah
- Squad Sheriff Alabani is the weekend's best young player
- Looking ahead A reunion for Hensen Anponsa