The Liberty Professionals Chronicle
Squad3 Sep 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ethan Visagie
43 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Liberty Professionals lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The terraces3 Sep 2029
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 32 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Boardroom3 Sep 2029
Liberty Professionals tie Amos Appiah down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Patrick Asiedu signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Patrick Asiedu commits to Liberty Professionals for another 4 years.
Boardroom3 Sep 2029
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Liberty Professionals
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Gladson Sulemana 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.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Liberty Professionals
Ernest Annan 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.
Market3 Sep 2029
Andre Bukari steps up from the Liberty Professionals academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andre Bukari 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.
Market3 Sep 2029
Jonathan Ayew steps up from the Liberty Professionals academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Ayew 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.
In brief
- Market Liberty Professionals promote Amos Baba from within
- Market Edmund Baba steps up from the Liberty Professionals academy
- Match Liberty Professionals come up short against Inter Allies