The BA All Stars Gazette
The terraces9 Sep 2030
The mood at BA All Stars has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Gladson Paintsil stands alone
10 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Player ratings9 Sep 2030
David Inusah, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.72
A mark of 7.72 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Tempers go at BA All Stars
Francis Ofori 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.
Boardroom9 Sep 2030
Still nobody in the BA All Stars dugout
8 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Yaw Asante 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.
Match7 Sep 2030
BA All Stars see off Hasaacas
Three points for BA All Stars, 2‑1 the final word against Hasaacas in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces9 Sep 2030
BA All Stars supporters have found a favourite in David Inusah
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. David Inusah 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.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Emmanuel Baba signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Emmanuel Baba and BA All Stars agree another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout A fresh start for Francis Ofori under the new man
- The dugout A satisfied Interim Coach
- Player ratings Francis Ofori beats them one at a time