Abraham Appiah

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Great Olympics U18
1 Dec 2030
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180 Edition

The Great Olympics Gazette

7 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Match2 Jan 2030

The small margins put Great Olympics out

Out, 0‑2 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.

Squad7 Jan 2030

Abraham Appiah is the real thing at 17

A season average of 6.61 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Great Olympics know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad7 Jan 2030

A one-man rearguard from Okiemute Odah

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings7 Jan 2030

Seth Paintsil, 34, rolls back the years — 7.95

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.95 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad7 Jan 2030

Tempers go at Great Olympics

Richmond Lamptey 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.

Squad7 Jan 2030

Words at Great Olympics training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Evans Mensah 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.

Match5 Jan 2030

Seth Paintsil the difference as Great Olympics beat Hasaacas

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Seth Paintsil. 1‑0 against Hasaacas, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Market7 Jan 2030

Eyes on Osafo Antwi again

The phone has started ringing about Osafo Antwi again, and this time the name on the line is WAFA. Great Olympics are listening politely and promising nothing.

Player ratings7 Jan 2030

One moment undoes Zolani Nkombelo

There was one mistake and it ended in the net. Defenders are judged on the worst thing they did rather than on the eighty-nine minutes either side of it, which is unfair and is also the job.

In brief

Back issues
140 Edition

The Great Olympics Gazette

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad2 Apr 2029

Thamsanqa Ndelu keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Great Olympics may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market2 Apr 2029

Only the photograph left for Michael Acquaye

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Michael Acquaye will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Great Olympics the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad2 Apr 2029

Tempers go at Great Olympics

Isaac Hemans 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.

In brief

134 Edition

The Great Olympics Gazette

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings19 Feb 2029

A brace, and Christian Ayew takes the afternoon — 8.85

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Christian Ayew provided it, and the 8.85 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Tempers go at Great Olympics

Isaac Hemans 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.

Match17 Feb 2029

Great Olympics come up short against Wa All Stars

Wa All Stars left with the points after a 3‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Match17 Feb 2029

Christian Ayew among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Christian Ayew on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Great Olympics and Wa All Stars.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Evans Mensah 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.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Defences have started doubling up on Evans Mensah

10 goals and a season average of 7.23 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Player ratings19 Feb 2029

A masterclass from Evans Mensah

Marked 8.09 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad19 Feb 2029

No hiding place for Jonah Aryeetey

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jonah Aryeetey, and the manager let it.

Player ratings19 Feb 2029

Isaac Hemans runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief