The Hasaacas Gazette
Match2 Sep 2034
Shafin Murtala leads the rout of BA All Stars
4‑0, and Shafin Murtala took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Hasaacas tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Squad4 Sep 2034
Bernard Essien breaks a bone — 19 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings4 Sep 2034
Both of them Shafin Murtala's — 8.28
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.28, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings4 Sep 2034
Edmund Owusu, 34, rolls back the years — 8.44
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.44 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Boardroom4 Sep 2034
Amos Bukari signs on for the long haul
Hasaacas moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Amos Bukari, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Market4 Sep 2034
Eyes on Lorenzo Appiah again
The phone has started ringing about Lorenzo Appiah again, and this time the name on the line is WAFA. Hasaacas are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad4 Sep 2034
Tempers go at Hasaacas
Edmund Owusu 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.
Boardroom4 Sep 2034
8 academy players handed senior numbers at Hasaacas
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.
Squad4 Sep 2034
Nickson Ironsi stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nickson Ironsi and Hasaacas agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Andre Owusu
- Market Hasaacas promote Daniel Afful from within
- Market One of our own: Harrison Asante joins the Hasaacas first team