The Great Olympics Gazette
Match3 Sep 2039
Great Olympics are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 11 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Squad5 Sep 2039
A one-man rearguard from Emmanuel Ayew
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad5 Sep 2039
Nana Inusah: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Great Olympics have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom5 Sep 2039
Great Olympics tie Mohammed Partey down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Boardroom5 Sep 2039
10 academy players handed senior numbers at Great Olympics
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.
Match3 Sep 2039
Great Olympics see off New Edubiase United
Three points for Great Olympics, 3‑2 the final word against New Edubiase United in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces5 Sep 2039
The crowd has taken to Kwadwo Mensah
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market5 Sep 2039
Kamaldeen Kudus steps up from the Great Olympics academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kamaldeen Kudus 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.
Market5 Sep 2039
Great Olympics promote Thomas Atiemo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas 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.
In brief
- Market Great Olympics promote Francis Mohammed from within
- Market Samuel Annan steps up from the Great Olympics academy
- Match Great Olympics settle it inside twenty minutes