The Heart of Lions Herald
Market7 Sep 2026
Ruben Hennessy 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 Heart of Lions can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 18 in, 1 out at Heart of Lions
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 18 arrived, 1 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Market7 Sep 2026
Heart of Lions turn down Liberty Professionals for Kwesi Pong
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Heart of Lions
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market7 Sep 2026
Heart of Lions promote Thomas Bukari from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Bukari 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Heart of Lions say no to the training-ground money
The plan went upstairs and came back down. Nothing about that will make a headline anywhere else, and everybody who works at the training ground will remember it for years.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A promotion for Sharif Shuaib
Not a new contract, not a new number: a new place in the manager’s thinking, which is the only promotion in football that actually matters. Sharif Shuaib has moved up it.
Looking ahead7 Sep 2026
A reunion for Kofi Asante
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Aduana Stars in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market7 Sep 2026
The window shut and Ebenezer Abban is still in the building
Heart of Lions spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
In brief
- Squad A change of role for Bernard Mensah
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Aduana Stars at home
- Squad Extra work for Anthony Owusu at Heart of Lions