Gold Stars Confident Of Securing Premiership Qualification

GN Bank Division One League (DOL) side Bibiani Gold Stars remains hopeful of securing qualification to the Ghana Premier League (GPL) next season.

Gold Stars are second in Zone Two of the DOL at the half way point of the season, eight points behind the leaders Elmina Sharks.

However, the Miners are confident of overhauling that deficit when the second round of the league begins.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the club, Nana Adu believes they can beat Sharks to the sole ticket from the zone to the GPL at the end of the season.

Mr Adu said: “We are not ruling out our chances of qualification yet despite the eight point’s deficit between us and Sharks and we will fight on till the end”.

“We want to overtake them, we know it’s possible and we will work towards achieving that in the second round of the league”.

He expressed confidence in his players and believed that they will rise up to the challenge in the second half of the campaign.

Gold Stars will open their account in the second round with a home game against Achiken FC, a side they lost to (1-3) in the first round.

Gold Stars Confident Of Securing Premiership Qualification

GN Bank DOL: Gold Stars To Play Starke In Kumasi

GN Bank Division One League side, Bibiani Gold Stars will play their Match Day Six home game against Starke FC at the Baba Yara Sport Stadium in Kumasi on Saturday.

This comes after the Ghana Football Association’s decision to hand over a 10-match home ban to the Bibiani based side for hooliganism.

Fans of Gold Stars, on Match Day Three attacked players and officials of Elmina Sharks as well as the match officials during a Division One League game at the Bibiani Park.

The ugly incident left many players of the away team injured with some hospitalized and prompted the FA to sanction the club.

Management of the club, following the ruling registered their displeasure but SportsCrusader.com has gathered that they are not going to appeal against the decision of the GFA.

Sources close to Gold Stars disclosed to SportsCrusader.com on Friday that Bibiani Gold Stars train at the Bibiani Park but will travel to Kumasi on Saturday morning ahead of the game against Starke FC.

The Baba Yara Sports Stadium was agreed upon as the venue for the game because, Asokwa Deportivo, who normally use it on Saturdays will travel to Ejisu to play King Faisal.

GN Bank DOL: Gold Stars To Play Starke In Kumasi

GN Bank DOL: Club Threatens To Pull Out After 10-Match Ban

GN Bank Division One League side, Bibiani Gold Stars has threatened to pull out of the Ghana second tier competition after the Ghana Football Association (GFA), handed them a 10-match home ban and a 15,000 cedis fine for crowd troubles.

The action of the GFA was prompted following the Bibiani based side’s attack on players and officials of Elmina Sharks as well as match officials during a Zone Two Week 3 encounter- an incident which left several Sharks players injured with some hospitalized.

Following the incidence, the disciplinary committee of the Ghana FA imposed a 10-match home ban on Gold Stars and reacting to the reacting to the decision, Chief Executive Officer of the club, Mr. Kwesi Adu expressed his displeasure at the decision stating that his side doesn’t deserve the punishment.

“Why? Have We killed any person in Bibiani to deserve a 10-game ban. What happened to even Premier League teams that have beaten Referees in the past” he said.

“If people have interest in destroying Gold Stars, we are ready. We are miners. We mine gold, we don’t play football. We just have to pull out for those who want to play to continue playing” Mr. Adu added.

The 2015/2016 GN Bank Division One League has been marred with continues act of violence which has prompted the official Broadcast partner to temporarily suspend the coverage of the league.

GN Bank DOL: Club Threatens To Pull Out After 10-Match Ban

GN Bank DOL: Sharks Coach Reacts To Gold Stars Sanctions

Head Coach of GN Bank Division One League side Elmina Sharks, Kobina Amissah has reacted to the decision by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), to hand over a 10-match home ban to Bibiani Gold Stars.

The GFA on Tuesday handed a 10-match home ban and a GhC15,000 fine to the Bibiani-based side for the conduct of their fans in their match week three encounter against Elmina Sharks.

It will be recalled that, Gold Stars supporters physically assaulted some players and officials of Sharks as well as the match officials leaving some of them hospitalized.

But in an exclusive interview with SportsCrusader.com on Tuesday, Sharks trainer Kobina Amissah disclosed that he can’t be happy with the sanctions although it did not come as a surprise to him.

“Honestly I don’t need to celebrate on this ruling and I don’t want to be happy about it because it is bitter for teams to swallow this kind of ruling”, he said.

“But what we also have to consider is that, this is not the first time a club has suffered this kind of ruling. Just last season, Pure Joy also tasted this kind of fate when they were ban from playing 8 matches at home.

“So the ruling is not suprising to me”, Amissah added.

The former Bechem United and Gold Stars trainer also called on fans of the various clubs to desist from hooliganism citing that it is the clubs they claim to love that suffer the most in the long run.

GN Bank DOL: Sharks Coach Reacts To Gold Stars Sanctions