The Ashanti Gold Sentinel
Squad6 Sep 2027
A fracture rules Anderson Asiedu out for 59 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Ashanti Gold will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Ashanti Gold close the window on a squad of their own making
24 in and 6 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Words exchanged at Ashanti Gold
Ebenezer Assifuah 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.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Graduation day at Ashanti Gold
5 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.
Market6 Sep 2027
Ashanti Gold promote Kwadwo Atiemo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kwadwo 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.
Market6 Sep 2027
Ashanti Gold promote Amos Paintsil from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Amos Paintsil 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.
Market6 Sep 2027
One of our own: Harrison Baba joins the Ashanti Gold first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Harrison Baba is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Sep 2027
Gladson Paintsil steps up from the Ashanti Gold academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gladson Paintsil 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.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Ashanti Gold let a promise lapse
A date was given and it came and went. Nobody upstairs will call it a broken promise, and nobody downstairs will call it anything else for a long time.
In brief
- Squad Ibrahim Tanko has outgrown this division
- Squad Mohammed Fatau slips down the pecking order
- The dugout When it matters, Emmanuel Ntim plays