Andre Essien

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The Ashanti Gold Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Seidu Basit damages knee ligaments — 17 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 17 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

Kelvin Appiah breaks a bone — 49 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 49 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings

Isaac Hemans runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Ashanti Gold

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.

Squad

Words at Ashanti Gold training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Paschal Durugbor 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.

Match

Ashanti Gold see off WAFA

Three points for Ashanti Gold, 2‑1 the final word against WAFA in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Tempers go at Ashanti Gold

Seidu Basit 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.

Market

One of our own: Jeffrey Boateng joins the Ashanti Gold first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jeffrey Boateng is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Afriyie Addo joins the Ashanti Gold first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Afriyie Addo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief