GPL MATCH REPORT: Spirited Wa All Stars Piles Pressure on Lackluster Miners

Wa All Stars heaped pressure on Ashgold with a spirited performance at the Len Clay Stadium on match day 13.

The visitors snatched a well deserved point away to the reigning champions to extend their winless run to six matches.

An inspired Richard Ofori halted a run of four away matches without a clean sheet with wicked goal keeping to snatch a fully deserved point at the Len Clay.

The Black Stars custodian celebrated his latest invite with goal keeping credentials reserved for super Stars.

The host enjoyed a bright start to the game and came close to opening the accounts only to be denied by a timely clearance from the returning Mumuni Wahidu.

Wa All Stars responded with a quick counter attack on their own which was eventually squandered by Maxwell Baako half way through the first half.

A late resurgence from Ashgold met an inspired Ofori who made six world class save to snatch a point from a rain marred second department of the game.

Kadiri Mohamed rested to long drives in the final 10 minutes of the game but the upright was there for WA All Stars when Ofori went missing.

A last minute quick counter counter from the visitors landed just a step behind the on rushing Arthur who was left isolated upfront with a fully packed midfield behind him.

The lively Emmanuel Osei flawed defenders in the final embers of the game but the goal post denied the forward.

Avalanche of yellow cards issued to the visitors remains the only blemish for Wa All Stars at they prepare for the arrival of Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Wednesday.

GPL MATCH REPORT: Spirited Wa All Stars Piles Pressure on Lackluster Miners

GPL Match Week 12 Review: Hearts, Kotoko Win as Ashgold Dropped Points

Hearts of Oak have stretched their lead at the top of the league table with 2 points after their hard fought 1-0 win over Sekondi Hasaacas in the 2015/16 Ghana Premier League week 12 fixture.

The game which was played in an empty stadium following the 2-match ban on the Hearts of Oak supporters saw the game commence on a frantic note with Hasaacas dictating the pace in the opening two minutes.

It was early pressure, but the Phobians managed to weather the storm and took control of the game with the likes of Isaac Mensah, Foovi Aguidi and Cosmos Dauda giving the Hasaacas defenders a lot to think about.

Even without the support of their fans most of whom were outside hoping to get inside the stadium, the Phobians grew in confidence and managed to get the first goal as early as the 5th minute and it was from the foot of youngster Isaac Mensah.

The early goal did little break the visitor resolve who continued to pile more pressure on the Phobians, but their forward men made up of Eric Bekoe, Samuel Afful and Richmond Opoku blew all the chance they managed to create.

A moment of controversy in the 78th minute saw Sekondi Hasaacas’ goal after an indirect free kick disallowed by the match officials, signalling that the ball did not touch any player before entering the net.

Indeed Hearts of Oak had their chances too but they woeful in front of goal fluffed chances at will as the game ended 1-0 in their favour.

The Phobians still occupy the top of the league table with 24 points from 12 matches, whilst Hasaacas now occupy the 13th position with 13 points.

In other matches, Frank Sarfo Gyamfi’s goal was enough to see Asante Kotoko pick all three points away to Bechem United.

Aduana Stars continued their impressive run under new coach with an another away win over New Edubiase at the at the Obuasi Len Clay stadium. Defender Godfred Saka scored the only goal of the match.

Elsewhere at the Tema Park, Inter Allies drew 1-1 with defending league champions Frederick Boateng scored for Inter Allies and Dauda Mohammed got the goal for AshGold.

At the Wa Park WAFA held Wa All Stars to a hard fought 1-1 draw with goals coming from Emmanuel Ocran for All Stars and Komlana Agbegneidan for WAFA.

The match involving Dream FC and Liberty Professionals saw the highest number of goals (four) with both sides sharing the spoils. Lawson Bekui scored all two goals for Dreams with Bernard Arthur & Latif Blessing scoring for Liberty.

Ebusua Dwarfs and Berekum Chelsea played out a goalless drawn game at the Robert Mensah park.

Below are the full results:

Hearts 1-0 Hasaacas

Bechem 0-1 Kotoko

Allies 1-1 AshGold

All Stars 1-1 WAFA

Dwarfs 0-0 Chelsea

Edubiase 0-1 Aduana

Dreams 2-2 Liberty

GPL Match Week 12 Review: Hearts, Kotoko Win as Ashgold Dropped Points

AshGold Accepts Fianoo"s Resignation

The Board of Directors of Ashanti Gold, has accepted the decision of Kudjoe Fianoo to relinquish his position as Chief Executive Officer of the club.

Mr. Fianoo, tendered his resignation last week after almost ten years at the Miners and the board had meeting on Monday to deliberate on his decision.

After the meeting, the Board unanimously agreed and respected his decision, after Fianoo told them he has made his mind.

He cited his recent success in the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) elections as one of the reasons he can’t fully concentrate on the club any more.

He is expected to render audited accounts by the end of the month and leave office.

AshGold Accepts Fianoo"s Resignation

Ashgold Trainer Wants Sabbatical

Ashgold SC Head Coach, Bashiru Hayford has asked Management for a three months leave due to current unrest in the club.

The Ghana Premier defending Champions have endured a difficult start to the season recording just two wins out of the 11 games played do far.

Information reaching SportsCrusader.com indicates that, Hayford, the reigning Ghana Premier League Coach of the year is not happy with happenings in the club and is ready to step aside barely a year after guiding the miners to a first League title in 20 years.

But management of the club are yet to approve the coach’s permission of a sabbatical leave.

There have been wide spread reports that the former Asante Kotoko trainer has fallen out with some of his players who he feels are sabotaging him.

However, those reports have previously been denied by both Hayford and Ashgold’s management.

Ashgold Trainer Wants Sabbatical

Ashgold Will Bounce Back In Title Defense - Dabou

Ashgold lanky custodian Robert Dabuo has failed to rule out his struggling side out of the title race despite their poor start to the season.

The miners have endured a nightmare start to their title defense with just two wins in the opening 10 matches but their commanding goal keeper has warned rivals not to rule out his side of the title race.

Bashiru Hayford’s side stormed their way to the 2014/15 First Capital Plus Premier League (FCPPL) Championship but has since failed to replicate their title wining campaign in the ongoing season with a meagre 11 points from the 30 available.

The former Wa All Stars goalie told sportscrusader.com, “We will bounce back and close the gap at the top of the table.

We are trailing the leaders by three wins and we are taking it on match by match basis”.

The 2009 FIFA U20 world cup winner added, ” We are looking at defending our trophy and playing in Africa once again. We are not in any way affected by our elimination from the CAF Champions League as people are saying.

It was the first time of playing in the CAF championship matches for many of us and it is going to help us a lot develop as players”.

Ashgold has since won just 2 of the opening 10 league fixtures including 5 drawn matches. The Miners next host Bechem United in search of their third win of the season in Obuasi.

Ashgold Will Bounce Back In Title Defense - Dabou

Bashir Hayford Hit Back At Critics

Head Coach of Ashanti Gold Football Club, Bashir Hayford has fired back at his critics who constantly accused him of being the reason behind his side’s faltering start to their title defense.

The reigning Ghana Premier League coach of the year has seen his side’s title defense crumble right from the start of the 2015/2016 campaign with a string of unimpressive performances.

The Miners are currently 13th on the league log after 10 matches, just one point above the relegation zone.

But despite this predicament, Hayford is not shy to take on his critics asking for forgiveness on their behalf after they carried out stories which he perceives to be lies.

“I am not under pressure. I won the league last season. They said they had not won the league in 19 years and I was tasked to win and I have won so what pressure again”, the Ashgold trainer said in an interview.

“I am not worried at all. A black man never appreciates anything. If he buys a Lexus today, he will wish to get Toyota, if he gets Toyota, he will want to get a Benz”, Hayford added.

Ashgold’s next game will be against Bechem United at the Len Clay stadium this weekend.

Bashir Hayford Hit Back At Critics

Hearts Players Are Not Down- Skipper

Accra Hearts of Oak captain Robin Gnagne insists the players are not down despite dropping two points at home to WAFA in midweek .

The Phobians played out a 1-1 drawn game with WAFA on Match Week 8 of the ongoing Ghana Premier League on Wednesday.

Striker Cosmos Dauda pulled Hearts level after the visitors had taken the lead, but they were frustrated by the antics of the Academy boys, who wasted a lot of time in the second half to leave the capital with a point.

Speaking in an interview in the build up to this weekend’s date with Ashgold, captain Gnange admits the team is not down and they will work to pick up points in the next game.

“We came all out to get the three points but unfortunately, we got one point,” he told the club’s official website.

“But we are not down as you could see from the second half. We were determined and we pushed a lot to get another goal to get the three points.

“But it is football; we were very determined we are going back to correct one or two things and next Sunday, we will see what we can do.”

The Ivorian defender anticipates a tough game on Sunday against defending league champions Ashgold, but says they will be well prepared for the game.

“The Ashgold match will be a tough game for us and so we need to prepare very well.”

Hearts Players Are Not Down- Skipper

GHALCA Will Organise Programs For Lower Divisions - Fianoo

Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), chairman elect, Kudjoe Fianoo has promised to provide a programme for lower Division clubs in the country.

According to Mr. Fianoo, lower Division clubs do not know the essence of being part of GHALCA, and he has promised to change that in his administration.

“There is no programme for Division One and Two league. But I can tell you there are even some clubs who can pull more crowd than premier,” Mr. Fianoo told Sportscrusader.com

“In my administration, we will widen our scope and make them feel part of GHALCA. Some clubs do not know why they are members of the association that’s why they wait and pay their affiliation fee after four years.

“We will do our best for lower Divisions to grow their game.” He said.

Kudjoe Fianoo won the chairmanship race after beating off competition from Kofi Poku, Nana Oduro Sarfo and Isaac Koomson.

GHALCA Will Organise Programs For Lower Divisions - Fianoo

Video: Ghana Premier League Match Week 8 Preview

The 2015/16 Ghana Premier League (GPL) enters Match-Day Eight with some entertaining fixtures lined up for the first mid-week games of the season.

Kotoko travel to Dawu to face high-flying league debutants Dreams FC whilst Hearts play at home to West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) in Accra.

Watch Sportscrusader.com YouTube channel preview of the game with team news and match facts on the various games.

https://youtu.be/KqDl0ab4jz8

Video: Ghana Premier League Match Week 8 Preview

Kudjoe Fianoo Ready To Leave AshGold

Chief Executive Officer of AshantiGold Sporting Club, Kudjo Fianoo, says he is ready to relinquish his position if he is the problem of the club.

Mr Fianoo has been the head of administration of the Miners for almost a decade, and they chalked success in the league last year for the first time after almost two decades.

The defending league champions however this year, have been abysmal and fans of the club want the hierarchy to leave their post.

Kudjo Fianoo has revealed he is ready to resign if only it will change the fortunes of the Miners.

“Things are not going on well for the club at all but we need to be focused and bring back the ship to life.

“AshGold have structures you cannot wake up and do what you want. I have received a letter from the supporters this morning requesting for my resignation I will forward the letter to the board of directors of the club and if they think my resignation will resurrect the woes of the club I don’t have any problem.

“But for now I need to keep it cool and meet the board,“ Kudjo Fianoo told Kumasi-based radio station, Nhyira FM.

“I was expecting that the entire AshGold fraternity will come together and look for the way forward and not point accusing fingers.

“However, I can’t hide my feelings all these issues have been there long but it was over shadowed because of the league we won last season,” he added.

The Miners are 12th on the league log and will next face New Edubiase United at the Len Clay Stadium in a local derby of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) next week Wednesday.

Kudjoe Fianoo Ready To Leave AshGold

Bashir Hayford Given 3-days Ultimatum To Resign

The head coach of Ashanti Gold Sporting Club, Bashir Hayford has been given a three-day ultimatum to resign from his position.

The former Asante Kotoko coach has been at the centre of controversy for the past few days following the poor performance of the team in the league.

It is alleged, he is having an ‘intimate affair’ with a girlfriend of one of his players and they are not on talking terms.

Sports crusader checks revealed that Bashir Hayford believes the girl is very influential on the playing body of his team, thus, his decision to get closer to her to know his team better off the pitch.

However, sources say his explanation was too shallow to be accepted, and added that his decision to have any relationship with a players girl has brought the club into disrepute.

The National Co-ordinating Committee (NCC), has written to the Chief Executive Officer, Kudjoe Fianoo and AngloGold Ashanti, financiers of the club to ensure Bashir leaves by Friday.

Bashir Hayford Given 3-days Ultimatum To Resign

AngloGold Block Sale Of AshGold Duo

Anglo Gold Ashanti, financiers of Ashanti Gold Sporting Club, has blocked the sale of Emmanuel Osei Baffour and Kadri Mohammed.

CAF Champions league defending champions, TP Mazembe approached Ashanti Gold for the services of their most creative player, with a mouthwatering offer and the management of the club, spearheaded by Kudjoe Fianoo were ready to sell the player to raise funds for the club, but the deal was blocked.

An unknown club also approached the Miners for instrumental defender, Kadri Mohammed, but the deal was also scuppered by AngloGold.

The reason given by the financiers of the club, according to sportscrusader.com sources, is that the club has benefited nothing from the sale of certain key players.

AshGold, is yet to receive the entire money from the sale of Bernard Morrison, who left in August last year to AS Vista of DR Congo.

AngloGold says the sale of players has not reflected on the financial muscles of the club,  and they will not lose their key players for nothing in return.

 

AngloGold Block Sale Of AshGold Duo

We Will Bounce Back - Ashgold’s Eric Opoku

AshantiGold S/C captain, Eric Opoku is optimistic his side will bounce back from their humiliating 5-1 defeat at Liberty Professionals on Match Week six of the 2015/2016 Ghana Premier League.

The defending champions’ hopes of retaining their title was dented a big blow by the Scientific Soccer lads who continued with their impressive home form on Sunday afternoon.

Ashgold were second best in every department of the game at the Carle Reindoff Park- a performance that is not befitting their status as defending champions.

And Speaking to the press after the contest, captain of Ashgold and reigning Ghana Premier League Most Valuable Player said his side will bounce back from their disappointment.

“We congratulate Liberty because they played to gallery and defeated us. But that is football. Sometimes you, and at times you lose”, Eric Opoku said

“I think all is not lost. We still have more matches to play so we have to go back and prepare for the next game.

“We are going to the drawing board to look at what went wrong so that we can correct them in our next game at home.

“We have to win to compensate our fans for the disappointment of today’s defeat” H e added.

The defeat see Ashgold 11th on the league log with 7 points and will next play Dreams FC at the Len Clay Sports Stadium.

We Will Bounce Back - Ashgold’s Eric Opoku

Everything Went Wrong For Us- Bashir Hayford

Head Coach of Ghana Premier League champions Ashanti Gold, Bahir Hayford, has stated that everything went wrong for his side in their defeat at Liberty on Sunday afternoon.

The Miners suffered a 5-1 thumping in the hands of the Dansoman based side on match day to record a first defeat of the 2015/2016 Campaign.

Ashgold failed to glitter on the day at a ground they haven’t lost a game in the past four seasons and after the game, trainer Bashir Hayford could not pinpoint a single positive from his side’s performance.

“Everything went wrong for us today”, Hayford told reporters.

“From the goalkeeping department to the strikers, from the beginning to the end. But that’s how football is.

”Once the same sets of players are going to play in the next game, you have to put it behind you and move on” he added.

The defeat send sees Ashgold 11th on the log with 7 points after six games while Liberty move to 4th on 10 points.

The Miners will hope to put the defeat behind them when they host newly promoted Dreams FC on Match Day Seven

Everything Went Wrong For Us- Bashir Hayford

Ashgold Training Strikers With Footage Of Messi And Ronaldo

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Obuasi Ashantigold has revealed that the club is using video footage of world class forwards, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez to train their strikers.

The ‘Aboakese’ club has been impotent in front of goal this season with just four goals scored from five league matches played.

And the poor run of results adding up to poor scoring form in front of goal has seen the defending champions chances of retaining the league title slashed but Yawson mentioned that head coach, Bashiru Hayford is investing time into helping the strikers find their scoring boots.

The deadly duo of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez

Speaking to Sportscrusader.com during the club’s training today, Kofi said, “the coach has been having extra training routines with the strikers as management and the technical team find a lasting solution to their impotency in front of goal.”

He added, “the coach recently after training sessions teach the strikers through watching of video footage of Suarez, Ronaldo and Messi on how they find their composure in front of goal and make goal scoring look easy”.

Ashgold Training Strikers With Footage Of Messi And Ronaldo

CAF Champions League Exit Has Affected Us - AshGold

Defending Ghana Premier League champions, Obuasi AshantiGold SC has admitted the club’s preliminary exit from the 2015/16 CAF Champions League has had a negative effect on the team.

The Obuasi based club started the defense of their league title with a slim 2-1 home victory over Medeama SC since then, subsequent results has been four straight draws and this has seen their chance of retaining the crown slashed by the bookmakers.

The ‘Aboakese’ lads lie seventh on the log with seven points, six behind leaders Hearts of Oak going into this weekends Match-Day six clash with Liberty Professionals. Only a win can get the yellow-and-black side back into the title fight even at this early stage of the season.

Kofi Yawson, Public Relations officer of the side, in an interview with Sportscrusader.com mentioned that some players are still shell-shocked and are yet to recover from the Champions League exit as they feel disappointed and this has had some effect on their league form.

He said, “we qualified to the CAF Champions League as league winners and we were hoping to make it to the group stage but it did not work. The players were impressed with the fans support in the first leg against MO Bejaia and were looking to reward them with a good result in Algeria but we lost 3-1 and that sealed our fate”.

“And this I believe has had some negative effect on the side’s showing in the league this season,” he added.

CAF Champions League Exit Has Affected Us - AshGold

Cudjoe Fianoo Confident Ashgold Will Bounce Soon

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ashgold SC, Cudjoe Fianoo is confident his side will put aside their slow start to the season and bounce back very soon.

The experienced football administrator blamed the reigning GPL Champions slow start on the abortive CAF Champions League campaign.

The former FA Executive committee member, fired a verbal warning to their local rivals to be wary of a new Ashgold in the following weeks, as they have intensified the defence of their hard earned crown.

The Miner’s Chief revealed that, the hunger that ushered them throughout last season is back in camp, after a run of four consecutive draw games on the domestic scene.

The confident speaking ace administrator admitted to the slow start, but noted that, they are still unbeaten in the season and will ride on that to defend their title.

“It’s been a slow start unlike last season when we took off the block with the trophy in sight after close to 2 decades without silverware.

“This season, we started with a divided attention. We had our focus on the CAF Champions League and the Premiership and it took a toll on us.

“Now that we are out of the CAF Champions League, we redirecting our focus on the Premiership and despite the seemingly slow start, we have the materials to bounce back in style.

“We started slowly but we are one of the three teams to scale Week-5 without a defeat,” Cudjoe Fianoo told sports crusader.

Ashgold stormed the 2014/15 FCPPL in a sizzling manner to end an almost 20-year old wait for domestic silverware but has since won one of its opening five league matches played in the current campaign.

The miners failed to skip past the first hurdle in the CAF Champions league qualifications at the hands of Algerian side OM Bejaia.

Cudjoe Fianoo Confident Ashgold Will Bounce Soon

Tom Strand Wants Out Of Medeama

Medeama Sporting Club head coach, Tom Strand wants to quit the Takoradi-based club, sportscrusader.com can confirm.

The Swede who was hired from Bechem United last season, has been involved in power struggle with ‘co-technical’ team members and some members of the board since Medeama’s two-all stalemate against Asante Kotoko in Kumasi.

The 35-year abandoned touchline responsibilities in that game, threatened to quit the club if management meddle in his job, but returned to lead the team to Tunisia for their CAF Confederation Cup tie against Al Ittihad of Libya in Tunis.

He was again on the touchline for their CAF Confederation Cup return leg against Al Ittihad, but failed to sit on the bench for their outstanding league match against Ebusua Dwarfs.

He was also not on the bench when the MTN FA Cup defending champions were knocked out of the competition by co-premier league side Liberty Professionals on Sunday, and has since not showed up for training.

Sports crusader follow ups confirmed that Strand is ready to quit and join Kotoko as its being reported by the local media, though sportscrusader.com sources say Kotoko has not made any contact, but have not ruled it out in the near future.

Tom Strand Wants Out Of Medeama

MTN FA Cup: Officials Named For Round Of 64

The officials for the MTN FA Cup round of 64 has been released ahead of a busy weekend.

The round of 64 sees the defending champions, Medeama SC usher in the 15-remaining premier league clubs to clash with teams from the first and second division.

Below are the match officials for this weekend’s round of 64 matches:

MATCH: Medeama vs Liberty Professionals

VENUE: Tarkwa

REFEREE: Samuel Gyasi

ASST 1: Effah Tetteh

ASST 2: Richard Kotey

4TH REF: Maxwell Owusu

MC: EM Alhassan

MATCH: Okwahu United vs Dreams FC

VENUE: Nkawkaw

REFEREE: Prince Amoah

ASST 1: William Abu

ASST 2: Michael Asare

4TH REF: Daniel Anane

MC: AA Lawal

MATCH: Dunkwa United vs Heart of Lions

VENUE: Dunkwa

REFEREE: Boniface Anioulo

ASST 1: Frank Kokoti

ASST 2: Cephas Ballon

4TH REF: Dan Appiah

MC: KE Saed

MATCH: Sunyani Liberty vs Tamale Liberty

VENUE: Coronation Park

REFEREE: Richmond Antwi

ASST 1: Yaminu Suleman

ASST 2: Sumaila Issah

4TH REF: Razak Ibrahim

MC: Albert Commey

MATCH: Kotoku Royals vs Vision FC

VENUE: Oda

REFEREE: William Ahovi

ASST 1: Klu Bless

ASST 2: Agbovi Edward

4TH REF: David Azaletey

MC: Felix Sowah

MATCH: Holy Stars vs Hasaacas

VENUE: Anyinasi

REFEREE: Jacob Asaffua

ASST 1:Isaac Odoom

ASST 2: Sumaila Salia

4TH REF: Isaac Acquah

MC: MN Mohammed

MATCH: Dwarfs vs Eleven Wise

VENUE: Cape Coast

REFEREE: HA Henkel

ASST 1: EO Ankrah

ASST 2: Ofosuhene Korankye

4TH REF: Hubert Serge

MC: Charles Dwamena

MATCH: Steadfast vs Berekum Chelsea

VENUE: Tamale

REFEREE: Bernard Ayumfe

ASST 1: Asigi Marley

ASST 2:Peter Dansa

4TH REF: Nyabila Mohammed

MC: Awudu Djan

MATCH: AK Shion vs Asante Kotoko

VENUE: Coronation Park

REFEREE: PC Appiah Fori

ASST 1: Sintim Musah

ASST 2: Constance Amarkwei

4TH REF: Bismark Appiah

MC: Mike A Okoto

MATCH: Ashgold vs Sun City

VENUE: Obuasi

REFEREE: Timothy Obuobisa

ASST 1: Julius Akuffo

ASST 2: Patrick Goha

4TH REF: Favour Tsomana

MC: RS Addae

MATCH: AC Milan vs Edubiase

VENUE: Baba Yara

REFEREE: Ernest Baafi

ASST 1: Eric O Mensah

ASST 2: Augustina Grand

4TH REF: Juliet Appiah

MC: Alhassan Brobbey

MATCH: Hearts of Oak vs Wassaman

VENUE: Accra

REFEREE: Daniel Dogbetor

ASST 1: Seidu Dauda

ASST 2: Gordwin Cudjoe

4TH REF: Joseph Anane

MC: Agyiri Barnor

MATCH: Krystal Palace vs Inter Allies

VENUE: Akosombo

REFEREE: Mawuli Klu

ASST 1: Eric Mortey

ASST 2: Alfred Agra

4TH REF: Gabriel O Ahin

MC: Joseph Appiah

MATCH: Techiman City vs Aduana

VENUE: Techiman

REFEREE: ER Biney

ASST 1: James Osafo

ASST 2: CY Kporha

4TH REF: Julian Nunoo

MC: Paul Ayamba

MATCH: Wa All Stars vs Berekum Arsenals

VENUE: Wa

REFEREE: OB Amankwa

ASST 1: Sarfo Adade

ASST 2: Mutala Mohammed

4TH REF: David Kumah

MC: SD Yahaya

MATCH: Rainbow FC vs RTU

VENUE: KASS Anglican Sch

REFEREE: Emmanuel ANSAH

ASST 1: Bernard Ansah

ASST 2: DV Fugah

4TH REF: Prince Coffie

MC: Kwesi Asanti

MATCH: Wa Rockets vs Bawku United

VENUE: Wa

REFEREE: Yaw Ametepeh

ASST 1: Abidu Suleman

ASST 2: Papara Patrick

4TH REF: Stephen Nsor

MC: Alice Ayine

MATCH: Pure Joy vs Danbort

VENUE: Prampram

REFEREE: Charles Bulu

ASST 1: Roland Addy

ASST 2: Michael Gyan

4TH REF: Eddy Botchway

MC: JA Obuobisa

MATCH: Unicon vs Democracy FC

VENUE: Essipon

REFEREE: Dzormeku Bello

ASST 1: Courage Kuedufia

ASST 2: Frank Ababio

4TH REF: Anokye Bright

MC: EQ Osam Quaye

MATCH: Westlandes vs Storm Academy

VENUE: Gyandu

REFEREE: Kristen Zigah

ASST 1: Emmanuel Aglago

ASST 2: Theresa Akogyiram

4TH REF: Theresa Beremansu

MC: John Mensah

MATCH: Real 24 hrs vs Unity FC

VENUE: Tumu

REFEREE: MB Abdul Rashid

ASST 1: Alhassan Yahaya

ASST 2: Alhassan Rawuf

4TH REF: Joseph Addae

MC: M Amin Adam

MATCH: Red Lions vs Okyeman Planners

VENUE: Akatsi

REFEREE: Uriah Glah

ASST 1: James Osafo

ASST 2: Kotey Kotei

4TH REF: Ali Fuseini

MC: Opoku Acheampong

MATCH: Emmanuel FC vs Kade United

VENUE: Legon

REFEREE: Delight Alorbu

ASST 1: Stephen Belanguela

ASST 2: Yaw Yevu

4TH REF: Richard Kumedzro

MC: K. Abedu Wilson

MATCH: Power Sporting vs Nsoatre

VENUE: Wa

REFEREE: Mahama Ewuntema

ASST 1: Mumuni Fuseini

ASST 2: George Amponsah

4TH REF: Iddi Kanton

MC: Mohammed Alhassan

MATCH: Great Kingdy vs WAFA

VENUE: Winnebago Sports College

REFEREE: Fulera Bannie

ASST 1: Elvis Nti

ASST 2: Paul Deyegbe

4TH REF: Gabriel Safo

MC: CM Atsatsa

MATCH: Karela vs Sp Mirren

VENUE: Anyinase

REFEREE: Fred Andoh

ASST 1: Kenedy Bentil

ASST 2: JWK Arthur

4TH REF: Obed Danquah

MC: Dawson Amoah

MATCH: STK Stars vs Asokwa Deportivo

VENUE:Sawla

REFEREE: Kakobo Mensah

ASST 1: Joseph Awiah

ASST 2:Twenebua Kenneth

4TH REF: Asante Krobea

MC: Haruna Fuseini

MATCH: Mighty Royals vs King Faisal

VENUE: Wamanafo

REFEREE: Joseph Kwofie

ASST 1: Oti Joseph

ASST 2: Desmond Essien

4TH REF: Aggrey Mensah

MC: Atta Abrebrese

MATCH: Samartex vs United Academy

VENUE: Samartex

REFEREE: Michael Sackitey

ASST 1: Augustine Akugre

ASST 2: Eric Ndebugri

4TH REF: E. Ofori Addo

MC: K Abedu Wilson

MATCH: Sharks vs Gt Astronomers

VENUE: Elmina

REFEREE: Jonathan Tetteh

ASST 1: Jason Nunoo

ASST 2: Abraham Ofosu

4TH REF: Godwin Kpodo

MC: Jacob Amegashie

MATCH: Agbozume United vs Tema Youth

VENUE: Akatsi

REFEREE: Alexander Eshun

ASST 1: Gilbert Adomah

ASST 2: Emmanuel E Arthur

4TH REF: Isaac Simon Bassaw

MC: Opoku Acheampong

MTN FA Cup: Officials Named For Round Of 64

Bright Adjei Excited To Gain Global Recognition

The 2015/16 Ghana Premier League is so far a season of stunning goals, and one of those was scored on Match Week Five by Aduana Stars Bright Adjei.

The former Tema Youth striker, scored a breathe taking bicycle kick to draw his side level, and the Cable News Network (CNN) has nominated the goal for one of their goals of the week.

He is in contention with Barcelona forward Luis Suarez, Tom Rogic of Celtic, and Javier Cortes of Pumas.

Bright Adjei is elated he’s gained global recognition for the sumptuous finish. He revealed he learns a lot from Barcelona forward, Luis Suarez.

“I’m really excited for this nomination, it makes me feel that our hard work here is been monitored elsewhere so I’m really happy,” he said.

“This will encourage me to score more goals and as a striker that is exactly what you have to do,” he added.

“You realize Luiz Suarez scored a similar goal in the Champions league against Arsenal so I always learn from Suarez and I really want to do more,” he said.

Bright Adjei Excited To Gain Global Recognition