Patrick Essien

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Hasaacas U18
20 Nov 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Patrick Essien

6 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Emmanuel Ofori

Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Emmanuel Ofori puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hasaacas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Afriyie Addo 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Hasaacas

3 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.

Match

BA All Stars take the points off Hasaacas

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market

Hasaacas promote Gladson Amoah from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gladson Amoah 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.

Market

Patrick Essien steps up from the Hasaacas academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Essien has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Hasaacas promote Harrison Boakye from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harrison Boakye 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Afriyie Addo

“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.

In brief

  • Squad Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work
  • Squad The armband comes off Emmanuel Ofori
  • Boardroom Hasaacas turn down the training-ground plan