The Heart of Lions Herald
Market18 Feb 2036
Amos Annan puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Heart of Lions, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout18 Feb 2036
Jonathan Nuhu says Heart of Lions went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market18 Feb 2036
Only the photograph left for Mohammed Schlupp
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mohammed Schlupp will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Heart of Lions the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad18 Feb 2036
A falling-out at Heart of Lions
Eze Matthew and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match16 Feb 2036
Heart of Lions get the job done against Inter Allies
A 1‑0 win over Inter Allies, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad18 Feb 2036
Words at Heart of Lions training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kwesi Pong is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad18 Feb 2036
Bernard Mensah makes it 100
100 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
Player ratings18 Feb 2036
Martin Karikari stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.94 on the card, and the Heart of Lions support went home talking about one name.
Squad18 Feb 2036
Baba Baba signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Baba Baba commits to Heart of Lions for another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout Interim Coach has his say
- The dugout Andrew Ofori gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Alieu Cham beats them one at a time