The BA All Stars Gazette
Market19 Mar 2029
Abdul Atiemo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around BA All Stars they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match17 Mar 2029
The wait goes on for BA All Stars
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Words exchanged at BA All Stars
Daddy Abdulrahman 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.
Match17 Mar 2029
A bad afternoon for BA All Stars against Bechem United
1‑2 to Bechem United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Looking ahead19 Mar 2029
A six-pointer for BA All Stars
Inter Allies next, and both sides can do the sum. Win and the table looks different; lose and it looks the way everybody has been fearing.
The dugout19 Mar 2029
Christian Ofori answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Isaac Baba stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Isaac Baba and BA All Stars agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Words at BA All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Albert Asante 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.
The dugout19 Mar 2029
The manager makes an example of Albert Asante
“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
- Market The clock does Daddy Abdulrahman’s negotiating for him
- The dugout Sphamandla Shangase left out for tactical reasons at BA All Stars
- Market BA All Stars put Abdul Atiemo up for sale