The Heart of Lions Herald
Match5 Sep 2026
Ishmael Addo leads the rout of Aduana Stars
3‑0, and Ishmael Addo took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Heart of Lions tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A debut Michael Noumon will not forget — 7.72
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 7.72 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Ishmael Addo scores twice — 8.09
Two goals and a mark of 8.09 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at Heart of Lions
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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Kwesi Pong
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Anderson Lessa 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 terraces7 Sep 2026
Heart of Lions supporters have found a favourite in Ishmael Addo
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Ishmael Addo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market7 Sep 2026
One of our own: Kwame Kudus joins the Heart of Lions first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kwame Kudus is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Sep 2026
Heart of Lions promote Patrick Atiemo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Atiemo 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.
In brief
- Market Amos Boateng steps up from the Heart of Lions academy
- Squad Felix Ofori in a row with a teammate
- Player ratings Bismark Anim shuts the door