Patrick Djiku

Goalkeeper - BA All Stars
30 May 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Patrick Djiku

11 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The small margins put BA All Stars out

Out, 0‑1 to Asante Kotoko, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad

Real improvement from Harrison Asamoah at BA All Stars

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Harrison Asamoah is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

Thomas Mohammed 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 BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Harrison Inusah’s goal not enough for BA All Stars

Harrison Inusah scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Aduana Stars, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

Patrick Djiku has improved at 26, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Squad

Jeffrey Afful 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Francis Kudus

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Loan watch

Emmanuel Afful has seen enough of Inter Allies

“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 BA All Stars, and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings

Abdul Bukari gives it away

There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. BA All Stars lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Gladson Partey could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 8.59

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 8.59, 2 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Market

Gladson Partey 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.

Squad

Tempers go at BA All Stars

Thomas Mohammed 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.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about BA All Stars and Hasaacas in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Match

BA All Stars come up short against Hasaacas

Hasaacas left with the points after a 2‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Boardroom

Graduation day at BA All Stars

1 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.

Squad

Words at BA All Stars training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdul 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.

The terraces

BA All Stars supporters have found a favourite in Gladson Partey

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Gladson Partey 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.

Market

BA All Stars promote Francis Afful from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francis Afful has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief