The Liberty Professionals Chronicle
Squad17 Sep 2029
A fracture rules Kamaldeen Ofori out for 34 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Liberty Professionals will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Nobody could get near Solomon Nsoh
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Words exchanged at Liberty Professionals
Thomas Boakye and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match15 Sep 2029
Liberty Professionals come up short against New Edubiase United
New Edubiase United left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Osman Asante to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
The manager makes an example of Oscar Gqeke
“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.
Looking ahead17 Sep 2029
Osman Appiah goes back to face Berekum Chelsea
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Osman Appiah’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Liberty Professionals needing him to play as if none of it matters.
Squad17 Sep 2029
A first senior shirt for Daniel Schlupp
Every debut is a small story about the future: Daniel Schlupp, 17 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Market17 Sep 2029
The Solomon Nsoh question follows Liberty Professionals around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Solomon Nsoh’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Osman Appiah a promise
- The dugout Gladson Annan asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Baba Partey has had enough of the bench