The Wa All Stars Courier
Squad3 Sep 2035
Jeffrey Boateng is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom3 Sep 2035
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Wa All Stars
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.
Match1 Sep 2035
Berekum Chelsea take the points off Wa All Stars
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad3 Sep 2035
Frank Abora Duku 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.
Market3 Sep 2035
Patrick Essien steps up from the Wa All Stars academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Essien 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.
Market3 Sep 2035
One of our own: Baba Schlupp joins the Wa All Stars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Baba Schlupp is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market3 Sep 2035
Felix Atiemo steps up from the Wa All Stars academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Felix Atiemo 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.
Market3 Sep 2035
Wa All Stars promote Daniel Atiemo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel 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.
Squad3 Sep 2035
Gladson Afful 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.
In brief
- Squad Wa All Stars keep their word to Jonathan Schlupp
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Gladson Afful
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Nana Djiku