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106 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

7 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Heart of Lions come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Yaw Dankwah signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yaw Dankwah commits to Hasaacas for another 4 years.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $4.0M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Market

Ashanti Gold expected to open talks for Amadu Abdulai

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hasaacas will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Market

Hasaacas and Baba Moro Abdulai are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Mohammed Adjei knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
105 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Amadu Abdulai asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Heart of Lions watching Emmanuel Acquah

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hasaacas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Market

Ernest Baba linked with a move away

The name of Ernest Baba keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Hasaacas say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

104 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

24 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

49 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Afriyie Adjei is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Baba Moro Abdulai

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Mohammed Adjei signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mohammed Adjei commits to Hasaacas for another 3 years.

Market

Nana Ofori linked with a move away

The name of Nana Ofori keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Hasaacas say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Hasaacas put Amadu Abdulai up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Amadu Abdulai may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

103 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Bernard Owusu asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Hasaacas lose Nana Ofori

100 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Yaw Dankwah

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Mohammed Atiemo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mohammed Atiemo commits to Hasaacas for another 3 years.

Market

Amadu Abdulai told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Amadu Abdulai has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Hasaacas.

Squad

Nana Ofori knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

102 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Yaw Dankwah says Hasaacas 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.

Market

Hasaacas turn down Vitória for Thomas Addo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Emmanuel Acquah hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Hasaacas sell Gladson Gyan for $170.0K

Gladson Gyan has left for Ashanti Gold in a $170.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Thomas Kudus stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Thomas Kudus and Hasaacas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Hasaacas lose Afriyie Adjei

27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

101 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Boardroom

Hasaacas have won it

This is the season the town will measure the next twenty against. The trophy travels home with the squad, and the route through the streets was agreed days ago.

Match

Hasaacas march on in the cup

Asante Kotoko are out and Hasaacas go through, 3-1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Squad

3 goals for Kelvin Obeng

The match ball belongs to Kelvin Obeng, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Francis Asante

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Afriyie Adjei attracts admirers

The name of Afriyie Adjei has come up in conversations Hasaacas were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Ernest Baba is carrying Hasaacas

10 goals and a season average of 7.22. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

No place for Yaw Dankwah on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hasaacas pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Boardroom

$4.0M on the table at Hasaacas

The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.

Market

Berekum Chelsea are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Hasaacas will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

  • Boardroom $242.6K a year onto the Hasaacas books
  • Market Ernest Baba linked with a move away
  • Boardroom Hasaacas were not finished after all
100 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Baba asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

49 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Hasaacas turn down Kano Pillars for Nana Ofori

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Mohammed Adjei: 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Gladson Gyan has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hasaacas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Joseph Mensah signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joseph Mensah commits to Hasaacas for another 3 years.

In brief

99 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

19 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Owusu asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Enyimba are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Hasaacas will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Thomas Kudus

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

98 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

12 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

New Edubiase United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Afriyie Adjei out for 56 days

The medical room confirms 56 days on the sidelines for Afriyie Adjei, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Great Olympics are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Hasaacas will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Afriyie 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.

Market

Ernest Ofori linked with a move away

The name of Ernest Ofori keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Hasaacas say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Thomas Kudus asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

97 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Shooting Stars come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Gladson Gyan asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Abeiku Annan says Hasaacas 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.

Market

Great Olympics watching Abdul Schlupp

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hasaacas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Market

Bernard Baba is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hasaacas has been clear about where Bernard Baba stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bernard Baba

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

$4.0M on the table at Hasaacas

The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.

Squad

The armband comes off Ernest Ofori

Hasaacas will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

Isaac Oppong takes the armband

It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.

In brief

  • The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Ernest Baba
  • Boardroom Hasaacas keep producing them
  • Boardroom The Hasaacas board put their names to it
96 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

49 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Andre Kyereh says Hasaacas 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.

Squad

At 21, Thomas Kudus is already the best thing here

An average of 7.10 in a first team he is several years too young for. Hasaacas have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

In brief

95 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mohammed Aminu says Hasaacas 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.

Squad

Hasaacas lose Mohammed Atiemo

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Thomas Addo 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

94 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

15 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Francis Asante 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.

Squad

Kelvin Obeng asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Baba Moro Abdulai keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Baba Moro Abdulai plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

93 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Hasaacas lose Francis Asante

18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Afriyie Adjei has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hasaacas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Nana Ofori stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Nana Ofori and Hasaacas agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Boardroom

$4.0M on the table at Hasaacas

The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.

Squad

Mohammed Aminu 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.

Squad

Francis Asante knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

92 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Baba Moro Abdulai hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

49 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

At 21, Thomas Kudus is already the best thing here

An average of 7.10 in a first team he is several years too young for. Hasaacas have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

In brief

91 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

24 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Abdul Schlupp

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Thomas Kudus knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

The manager comes out for Joseph Mensah

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Joseph Mensah has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

90 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

17 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Hasaacas turn down Houston Dynamo for Nana Ofori

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Baba Moro Abdulai

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Abeiku Annan knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

89 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Afriyie Adjei has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hasaacas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Mohammed Aminu 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.

Squad

Bernard Baba knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

88 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hasaacas through in the cup

A 1-0 win over Medeama, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad

Yaw Dankwah says Hasaacas 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.

Market

Bernard Owusu hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

49 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Ernest Ofori stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ernest Ofori and Hasaacas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

At 21, Thomas Kudus is already the best thing here

An average of 7.10 in a first team he is several years too young for. Hasaacas have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Kelvin Obeng 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.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $4.0M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Market

The Ernest Baba talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hasaacas know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

87 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas come up short against Medeama

Medeama left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Ernest Baba is carrying Hasaacas

10 goals and a season average of 7.22. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Andre Kyereh

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

86 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

A bad afternoon for Hasaacas against WAFA

1-2 to WAFA, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Yaw Dankwah 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.

Squad

No place for Baba Moro Abdulai on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hasaacas pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

In brief

85 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

13 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Joseph Mensah keeps Hasaacas in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Isaac Oppong out for 31 days

The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Isaac Oppong, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Afriyie Adjei has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hasaacas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past Hearts of Oak

Hearts of Oak made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Loan watch

Bernard Baba wants to come home

“I did not go to Asante Kotoko to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 8 matches say the rest.

Squad

Baba Moro Abdulai 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

84 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Bernard Owusu hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Joseph Mensah keeps Hasaacas in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Hasaacas are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 46 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad

Kabelo Moagi signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kabelo Moagi commits to Hasaacas for another 4 years.

Squad

At 21, Thomas Kudus is already the best thing here

An average of 7.10 in a first team he is several years too young for. Hasaacas have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori has seen enough of Stade Malien

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hasaacas, and 0 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past Ashanti Gold

Ashanti Gold made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mohammed Aminu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $4.0M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

In brief

83 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Ernest Baba signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ernest Baba commits to Hasaacas for another 4 years.

Squad

Joseph Mensah 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.

Squad

Ernest Baba is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.25 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

82 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Joseph Mensah keeps Hasaacas in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Berekum Chelsea

A 3-1 win over Berekum Chelsea, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Yaw Dankwah 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

81 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Afriyie Adjei has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hasaacas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Francis Asante

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

New Edubiase United take the points off Hasaacas

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Ernest Baba is carrying Hasaacas

9 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

No place for Yaw Dankwah on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hasaacas pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Squad

Francis Asante suspended

One booking too many, and Francis Asante sits out. Hasaacas lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.

In brief

80 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hasaacas are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 39 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Bernard Owusu hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Thomas Kudus is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.09 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Hasaacas know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Baba Moro Abdulai

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $4.0M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori has seen enough of Stade Malien

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hasaacas, and 0 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Ernest Ofori is carrying Hasaacas

3 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

No goals between Hasaacas and Inter Allies

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Inter Allies will be the happier side with the point.

Squad

Kelvin Obeng asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

79 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Asante Kotoko come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Abdul Schlupp: 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kabelo Moagi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

78 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Market

Andrew Inusah hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Hasaacas come up short against Asante Kotoko

Asante Kotoko left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nazim Babaï

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Gladson Gyan is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hasaacas has been clear about where Gladson Gyan stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

Patrick Mensah asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

77 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Hasaacas make it 5 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Hasaacas have 5 straight wins of it.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past Liberty Professionals

Liberty Professionals made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Yaw Dankwah

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Ernest Baba is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.22 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Yaw Dankwah has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Yaw Dankwah keeps the shirt for now, at Hasaacas's convenience rather than his own.

Market

Bernard Owusu placed on the list

Hasaacas have made Bernard Owusu available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market

Hasaacas pick up Baba Moro Abdulai for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Baba Moro Abdulai arrives at Hasaacas with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

Squad

Mohammed Atiemo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Kelvin Obeng

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

In brief

76 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Bernard Owusu hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Hasaacas are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 32 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Match

Hasaacas make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Hasaacas have 4 straight wins of it.

Squad

Andrew 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Hasaacas turn down Liberty Professionals for Afriyie Adjei

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

At 21, Thomas Kudus is already the best thing here

An average of 7.06 in a first team he is several years too young for. Hasaacas have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past Great Olympics

Great Olympics made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori has seen enough of Stade Malien

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hasaacas, and 0 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Rivers United expected to open talks for Abdul Schlupp

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hasaacas will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

75 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Cup progress for Hasaacas

A 2-1 win over Ashanti Gold, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market

Hasaacas turn down Asante Kotoko for Bernard Baba

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match

Hasaacas cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past Wa All Stars

Wa All Stars made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Market

Gor Mahia watching Abdul Schlupp

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hasaacas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $4.0M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Squad

Andre Kyereh 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.

Squad

The armband comes off Ernest Baba

Hasaacas will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

Francis Asante asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

74 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Aduana Stars

A 2-1 win over Aduana Stars, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Mohammed Aminu 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.

Squad

Costly mistake from Joseph Mensah

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Joseph Mensah knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

In brief

73 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

4 matches without a win for Hasaacas

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Hasaacas are no longer polite ones.

Match

Hasaacas come up short against BA All Stars

BA All Stars left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Francis Asante 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

72 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Bernard Owusu asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Thomas Kudus is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.08 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Hasaacas know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Nazim Babaï 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

71 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Baba asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Joseph Mensah

There were 6 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.

Squad

Kelvin Obeng 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.

Squad

Andrew Inusah signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andrew Inusah commits to Hasaacas for another 3 years.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $4.0M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Squad

Bernard Baba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

70 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kabelo Moagi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Bernard Baba knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Match

Hasaacas draw a blank against Hearts of Oak

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Hearts of Oak defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

69 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

No mercy from Hasaacas

Ashanti Gold will want this one forgotten quickly: 4-1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Hasaacas were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

21 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Baba Sulemana is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Hasaacas lose Francis Asante

17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Baba Sulemana 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.

Market

Bernard Baba placed on the list

Hasaacas have made Bernard Baba available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

68 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Owusu asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Thomas Kudus is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.10 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Hasaacas know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori wants to come home

“I did not go to Stade Malien to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

In brief

67 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hasaacas see off Berekum Chelsea

Three points for Hasaacas, 1-0 the final word against Berekum Chelsea in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Thomas Addo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Ernest Ofori unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Ernest Ofori has let it be known that he does not like the way Hasaacas are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

In brief

66 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Nazim Babaï 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.

Match

Hasaacas come up short against New Edubiase United

New Edubiase United left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Thomas Addo asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

65 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Baba Sulemana is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match

6 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Inter Allies

A 2-1 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Joseph Mensah

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Bernard Owusu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Bernard Baba placed on the list

Hasaacas have made Bernard Baba available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

64 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Baba hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Joseph Mensah

There were 6 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.

Squad

At 21, Thomas Kudus is already the best thing here

An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Hasaacas have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Bechem United

A 2-1 win over Bechem United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori wants to come home

“I did not go to Stade Malien to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.

Squad

Thomas Baba 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

63 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Joseph Mensah decides it from twelve yards

3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match

Hasaacas through in the cup

A 0-0 win over Liberty Professionals, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad

Kelvin Obeng 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

62 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Owusu asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

Hasaacas see off Liberty Professionals

Three points for Hasaacas, 3-1 the final word against Liberty Professionals in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Abdul Waris stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abdul Waris and Hasaacas agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Mohammed Aminu 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.

Squad

The armband comes off Ernest Ofori

Hasaacas will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

Francis Asante knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

61 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mohammed Aminu: 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Joseph Mensah keeps Hasaacas in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Baba Sulemana is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

In brief

60 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Bernard Baba hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Afriyie Adjei: 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Joseph Mensah stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Joseph Mensah and Hasaacas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

59 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

The Oleksandriya deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Francis Asante reports back to Hasaacas with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 29 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

Ernest Ofori signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ernest Ofori commits to Hasaacas for another 2 years.

Squad

Francis Asante 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.

Match

Aduana Stars take the points off Hasaacas

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Thomas Addo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

58 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Bernard Owusu asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Oleksandriya watching Francis Asante

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hasaacas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Nazim Babaï signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nazim Babaï commits to Hasaacas for another 4 years.

Market

Abraham Nuhu comes home

The shirt still fits. Abraham Nuhu is back at Hasaacas, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Patrick Asante comes home

The shirt still fits. Patrick Asante is back at Hasaacas, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past BA All Stars

BA All Stars made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kelvin Obeng

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Kelvin Obeng finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Hasaacas have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Squad

Bernard Owusu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

  • Boardroom Hasaacas spend where nobody can see it
  • The terraces The press cannot get enough of Kelvin Obeng
57 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Thomas Baba hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Baba Sulemana is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Kelvin Obeng is a Hasaacas player

The fee is $440.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Great Olympics drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Joseph Mensah

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Abdul Schlupp asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Somebody is after Abdul Schlupp’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Abdul Schlupp suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Hasaacas have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

56 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Baba hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori wants to come home

“I did not go to Stade Malien to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad

Francis Asante knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

55 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Pandurii come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

55 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Hasaacas sell Abdul Amoah for $34.0K

Abdul Amoah has left for Bechem United in a $34.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mohammed Aminu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Francis Asante asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The terraces

Supporters make their feelings known about Francis Asante

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Hasaacas would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

Market

Afriyie Gyan leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Afriyie Gyan leaves Hasaacas the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Market

Amos Wakaso leaves Hasaacas for nothing

No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Amos Wakaso moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.

Squad

The transfer that hurt Gladson Gyan most

Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at Hasaacas is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.

In brief

54 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Owusu asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Thomas Baba told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Thomas Baba has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Hasaacas.

Squad

Bernard Baba knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

53 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Baba Sulemana asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Baba Sulemana is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Hasaacas turn down Bechem United for Abdul Amoah

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

In brief

52 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Baba hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Bernard Owusu 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.

Squad

Thomas Addo asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

51 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

55 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mohammed Aminu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Bernard Owusu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

50 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Mohammed Addo moves on

Berekum Chelsea pay $160.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Abdul Schlupp

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Bechem United are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Hasaacas will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

49 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Hasaacas turn down Kwara United for Nana Ofori

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Abdul Amoah asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Berekum Chelsea watching Mohammed Addo

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hasaacas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $106.9K for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Squad

Joseph Mensah knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Baba Sulemana told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Baba Sulemana has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Hasaacas.

In brief

48 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Baba hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Abdul Amoah has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hasaacas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Hasaacas lose Joseph Mensah

29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Djoliba expected to open talks for Nana Ofori

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hasaacas will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Loan watch

Abdul Schlupp wants to come home

“I did not go to WAFA to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Thomas Kudus

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

47 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

55 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Abdul Amoah says Hasaacas 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.

Market

Abeiku Annan is a Hasaacas player

The fee is $95.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Wa All Stars drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market

Hasaacas sign Emmanuel Acquah for $43.0K

The paperwork is done: Emmanuel Acquah joins from WAFA in a deal worth $43.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Ernest Baba knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Mohammed Adjei has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Mohammed Adjei keeps the shirt for now, at Hasaacas's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

46 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Shooting Stars come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Albert Owusu moves on

New Edubiase United pay $64.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Market

Bechem United are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Hasaacas will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Andre Kyereh

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Ernest Baba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

The transfer that hurt Isaac Oppong most

Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at Hasaacas is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.

In brief

45 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Hasaacas turn down Asante Kotoko for Francis Asante

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Hasaacas lose Albert Ayew

99 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mohammed Aminu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

44 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Baba hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Mohammed Aminu says Hasaacas 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.

Loan watch

Abdul Schlupp wants to come home

“I did not go to WAFA to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

In brief

43 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

55 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Afriyie 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.

Squad

Mohammed Addo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

42 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mohammed Atiemo: 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Mohammed Addo asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

The manager comes out for Joseph Mensah

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Joseph Mensah has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

In brief

41 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mohammed Aminu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Bernard Baba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Ernest Baba keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ernest Baba plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

40 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Baba hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

$106.9K on the table at Hasaacas

The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.

Loan watch

Abdul Schlupp wants to come home

“I did not go to WAFA to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Andre Kyereh

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Bernard Baba knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Nana Ofori talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hasaacas know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

39 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

55 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Loan watch

Afriyie Adjei has seen enough of Asante Kotoko

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hasaacas, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Thomas Addo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

38 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Thomas Addo: 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bernard Owusu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Houston Dynamo expected to open talks for Nana Ofori

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hasaacas will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

37 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mohammed Aminu 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.

Squad

Joseph Mensah asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Albert Ayew keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Albert Ayew plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

36 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The cup run ends for Hasaacas

1-2 against Asante Kotoko, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market

Bernard Baba asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Mohammed Aminu: 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nazim Babaï

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $106.9K for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Loan watch

Abdul Schlupp has seen enough of WAFA

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hasaacas, and 3 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Somebody is after Albert Ayew’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Albert Ayew suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Hasaacas have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Squad

Ernest Ofori unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Ernest Ofori has let it be known that he does not like the way Hasaacas are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Ernest Baba

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

In brief

35 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hasaacas are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 55 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past Medeama

Medeama made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Ernest Baba 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.

Loan watch

Afriyie Adjei wants to come home

“I did not go to Asante Kotoko to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Squad

Abraham Kudus makes his debut at 15

At 15 years old, Abraham Kudus became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Squad

Thomas Baba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

34 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Francis Asante 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.

Match

Hasaacas come up short against WAFA

WAFA left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No place for Bernard Owusu on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hasaacas pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

In brief

33 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hasaacas taken apart

1-4 to Hearts of Oak, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad

Francis Asante is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.53 with 25 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Joseph Mensah 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

32 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Francis Asante is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.51 with 24 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

Bernard Baba asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Joseph Mensah

There were 6 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.

Match

Hasaacas make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Hasaacas have 4 straight wins of it.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past Ashanti Gold

Ashanti Gold made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $106.9K for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

In brief

31 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hasaacas up to position 2

49 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Match

Hasaacas make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Hasaacas have 3 straight wins of it.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past Heart of Lions

Heart of Lions made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

No place for Albert Ayew on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hasaacas pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Loan watch

Afriyie Adjei wants to come home

“I did not go to Asante Kotoko to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad

Thomas Addo 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

30 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Francis Asante is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.50 with 23 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Hasaacas see off Berekum Chelsea

Three points for Hasaacas, 4-2 the final word against Berekum Chelsea in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nazim Babaï

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

29 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Francis Asante is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.43 with 21 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori wants to come home

“I did not go to Rivers United to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against New Edubiase United

A 1-0 win over New Edubiase United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Bernard Owusu 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.

Squad

Mohammed Aminu left out for the big one

A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Mohammed Aminu will call it something else in private.

Squad

Francis Asante knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

28 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Bernard Baba asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Francis Asante is carrying Hasaacas

20 goals and a season average of 7.40. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Andre Kyereh says Hasaacas 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hasaacas against Inter Allies

0-1 to Inter Allies, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mohammed Aminu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Hasaacas release $106.9K for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

In brief

27 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 40 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Veracruz come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Bechem United

A 1-0 win over Bechem United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Amadu Abdulai signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Amadu Abdulai commits to Hasaacas for another 2 years.

Squad

Thomas Addo 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.

Squad

Mohammed Aminu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Francis Asante has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Francis Asante keeps the shirt for now, at Hasaacas's convenience rather than his own.

Market

Mohammed Bamba arrives on loan

Hasaacas have taken Mohammed Bamba on loan from Aduana Stars — cover where cover was needed.

Market

Window shut, Mohammed Addo still here

Hasaacas spent the window trying to move Mohammed Addo on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.

In brief

26 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

4 matches without a win for Hasaacas

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Hasaacas are no longer polite ones.

Market

Amadu Abdulai is a Hasaacas player

The fee is $140.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Bechem United drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market

Abdul Schlupp attracts admirers

The name of Abdul Schlupp has come up in conversations Hasaacas were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market

David Adjei moves on

Great Olympics pay $17.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Joseph Mensah

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Hasaacas and Ernest Baba are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

25 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Abdul Amoah hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Andre Kyereh

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori wants to come home

“I did not go to Rivers United to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

Match

Hasaacas and Liberty Professionals take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Market

Great Olympics expected to open talks for David Adjei

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hasaacas will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Bernard Baba knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

24 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bernard Baba asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Francis Asante is carrying Hasaacas

20 goals and a season average of 7.46. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

Hasaacas come up short against Great Olympics

Great Olympics left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mohammed Aminu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Albert Ayew asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

The manager comes out for Francis Asante

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Francis Asante has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

In brief

23 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Cup progress for Hasaacas

A 1-0 win over Hearts of Oak, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match

Hasaacas up to position 2

35 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Joseph Mensah keeps Hasaacas in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Mohammed Addo asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

New Edubiase United watching Gladson Gyan

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hasaacas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match

Wa All Stars take the points off Hasaacas

Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Ernest Baba 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.

Squad

The month belongs to Francis Asante

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Hasaacas have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Squad

Francis Asante has to sit this one out

A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Hasaacas lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.

In brief

22 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

18 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 18 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Francis Asante is carrying Hasaacas

19 goals and a season average of 7.43. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Aduana Stars

A 1-0 win over Aduana Stars, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Joseph Mensah

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Gladson Gyan knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The terraces

The press have found their man in Francis Asante

Column inches are not points, but a footballer whose name keeps appearing for the right reasons is a footballer whose price has just gone up.

In brief

21 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

17 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 17 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Market

Gladson Gyan asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Francis Asante is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.40 with 18 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Afriyie Adjei: 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past BA All Stars

BA All Stars made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori wants to come home

“I did not go to Rivers United to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

In brief

20 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

16 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 16 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Market

Bernard Baba asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Francis Asante is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.35 with 16 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Ernest Essien stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ernest Essien and Hasaacas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Hasaacas and Medeama take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Thomas Addo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

19 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

15 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 15 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Match

Hasaacas are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 28 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad

Francis Asante is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.31 with 15 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

18 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

14 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 14 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Baba Sulemana says Hasaacas 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.

Squad

Francis Asante is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.27 with 14 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

17 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Joseph Mensah

There were 8 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.

Squad

3 goals for Francis Asante

The match ball belongs to Francis Asante, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Market

Gladson Gyan asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

Hasaacas make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Hasaacas have 3 straight wins of it.

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Ashanti Gold

A 5-3 win over Ashanti Gold, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Francis Asante is carrying Hasaacas

13 goals and a season average of 7.24. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

In brief

16 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Bernard Baba asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

12 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Heart of Lions

A 1-0 win over Heart of Lions, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mohammed Aminu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Talks stall between Hasaacas and Francis Asante

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

Bernard Owusu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

15 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas up to position 3

20 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Match

11 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 11 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Berekum Chelsea

A 2-0 win over Berekum Chelsea, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Thomas Addo 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.

Market

Hasaacas and Bernard Baba are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Bernard Baba knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

14 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

10 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gladson Gyan

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Bernard Baba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

13 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Gladson Gyan asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

9 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori wants to come home

“I did not go to Rivers United to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Abdul Schlupp

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Albert Ayew knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Match

No goals between Hasaacas and Inter Allies

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Inter Allies will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

12 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hasaacas tear Bechem United apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3-0 against Bechem United, and it could have been more.

Match

8 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Ernest Baba out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Ernest Baba, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Baba Sulemana 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.

Squad

Mohammed Aminu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Kabelo Moagi unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Kabelo Moagi has let it be known that he does not like the way Hasaacas are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

In brief

11 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mohammed Adjei decides it from twelve yards

2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match

Cup progress for Hasaacas

A 0-0 win over Liberty Professionals, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match

7 unbeaten for Hasaacas

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Hasaacas did not have in the autumn.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Andre Kyereh

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Hasaacas share the spoils with Asante Kotoko

A 1-1 draw with Asante Kotoko leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Gladson Gyan is off the mark for Hasaacas

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

10 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mohammed Aminu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Francis Asante named player of the month

The award goes to Francis Asante, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

Match

Hasaacas draw a blank against Liberty Professionals

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Liberty Professionals defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

9 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Gladson Gyan asks to leave Hasaacas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

Hasaacas find a way past Great Olympics

Great Olympics made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Afriyie Adjei

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Loan watch

Nana Ofori wants to come home

“I did not go to Rivers United to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hasaacas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad

Ernest Baba is off the mark for Hasaacas

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Gladson Gyan asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

8 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Albert Ayew 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.

Match

Honours even between Hasaacas and Wa All Stars

2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Mohammed Addo

Every debut is a small story about the future: Mohammed Addo, 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief

7 Edition

The Hasaacas Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Hasaacas get the job done against Aduana Stars

A 1-0 win over Aduana Stars, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Abdul Schlupp

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Albert Owusu

Every debut is a small story about the future: Albert Owusu, 18 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief