The Heart of Lions Herald
Squad27 Oct 2036
Gad Mathews keeps Heart of Lions in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 12 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match25 Oct 2036
Heart of Lions throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with New Edubiase United the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Heart of Lions will enjoy reviewing.
Squad27 Oct 2036
Kwesi Pong 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.
Player ratings27 Oct 2036
One of those days for Moses Ayidem
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.93, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings27 Oct 2036
Ninety minutes of Michael Ephson at his very best
Marked 8.34. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Heart of Lions.
Squad27 Oct 2036
Tempers go at Heart of Lions
Thomas Djiku 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.
Squad27 Oct 2036
Albert Adjei gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match25 Oct 2036
Heart of Lions share the spoils with New Edubiase United
A 2‑2 draw with New Edubiase United leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings27 Oct 2036
Nobody could get near Anthony Owusu
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Player ratings The one thing Isa Musa could not do
- Market The George Osei talk will not go away
- Market Andre Kudus leaves for nothing