The Berekum Chelsea Gazette
Match7 Apr 2029
Nowhere to hide for Berekum Chelsea
0‑3 against Medeama, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
Adu Emmanuel: 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.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Tahiru Awudu stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tahiru Awudu and Berekum Chelsea agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Berekum Chelsea
Kwesi Sorotu Badori and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Eric Ofori-Antwi 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.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Michael Ephson
“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.
Boardroom9 Apr 2029
Doors closed at Berekum Chelsea
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
Interim Coach faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Interim Coach after 0‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Market9 Apr 2029
Berekum Chelsea and Arinze Ogbonna are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Abdul Annan
- Looking ahead Ebenezer Shamo goes back to face BA All Stars
- Squad Daniel Afful makes his debut at 19