Goal scoring chart for the Star Premier League
Accra (Greater Accra Region) 23 October 2001 - The Management of Accra Hearts of Oak has appealed to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to investigate the incident in which some officials of the club were physically assaulted by the local fans after their match against Hasaacas at Sekondi in the Western Region on Sunday 21 October 2001.
In a statement signed by the Administrative Manager of the club, Mr Ashford Tettey Oku, Hearts protested against the manner in which fans of Hasaacas physically assaulted officials like Messrs Ernest Quarshie, Ernest Thompson and Harry Zarkkour.
“In fact the whole team which was in a state of shock and fear, had to be kept in a room for sometime to ensure their safety. We have lost our wristwatches and mobile phones whiles that are of a journalist has been destroyed”, the statement stressed.
It said the fans violently demanded or attempted to take the mobile phones of the officials and players. “Our team was saved by the sheer bravado of our supporters as none of the security personnel or even officials of the home team were prepared to stop their barbaric acts”, it explained.
The management of the club further points out that, much as they have tried to control their teeming supporters in the wake of such unnecessary provocations, there would surely be a limit to their patience, and complained that “this is the third season in a row” that they have returned from Sekondi so traumatised after a match.
He said “Even though we beat Berekum Arsenals 6-0 at the Accra Sports Stadium, they are still a strong side at home, and could create problems for Hearts of Oak. Remember they are among the few clubs who are yet to lose at home, and we have to respect them, and approach the match with more determination”.
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Accra (Greater Accra Region) 23 October 2001 - Acting Chief Justice E. K. Wiredu has denied any involvement in the Charles Taylor yellow card affair pending before the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
Reacting to a publication in an Accra newspaper about Referee Essel’s testimony, Justice Wiredu expressed surprise about the use of his name by one Mohammed Haruna, a management member of Kotoko to threaten somebody.
The statement signed by Mr N. C. A. Agbevor, Deputy Judicial Secretary stated that the acting chief justice is “neither a supporter nor a patron of any club”. A copy of the statement was sent to the chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the GFA, stating categorically that, Justice Wiredu does not know Haruna who is said to be a top management member of Kotoko. – Times Sports
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Accra (Greater Accra Region) 23 October 2001 - Coach Yaw Sarpong, chief tactician of resurgent Accra
Great Olympics, on Monday 22 October 2001, said he has proved his mettle and therefore deserves to be considered for any of the national soccer teams.
Speaking in an interview, the coach said he has over the years rescued teams from the claws of relegation and such feats should convince those in charge of the appointment of coaches, that he is worth his salt and must be given the opportunity to prove his merit at the national level.
He said as much as he would appreciate a national duty, he would not lobby for it because his achievements speak for themselves and he does not have to go round begging for such higher recognition.
"I am a professional and all I need do is to perform my duty satisfactorily while I leave the judgement to others to do. If my records do not convince those in authority, I shall not go pinching anyone for attention."
Coach Sarpong who saved Okwawu United from the drop last season has miraculously transformed a lethargic Accra Great Olympics side into a very mobile and fluid playing team since he took over from coach John Eshun, a former Black Stars captain.
He has moved Olympics from the bottom of the standings to the eighth position, and has not lost a match after nine runs in the second round of the premiership.
On the transformation of Great Olympics, the coach said his biggest asset is his ability to make the boys believe in their own abilities. “After teaching techniques and tactics, it is very necessary for a coach to make the players have faith in their own abilities. They must believe that they are good, can play good football and defeat whatever opposition that confronts them”.
Speaking on his suspension last season, the coach said he regretted what led to the ban and promised never to engage in such derogatory acts any more.
“Middendorf Ernst and I are very good friends now. We call each other often and there is no bad blood between us. After all, as human beings, we are bound to make mistakes once awhile."
Coach Sarpong was suspended for a year after he engaged Ernst Middendorf, the German coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko in a scuffle during a league match with Okwawu United at Nkawkaw last season.
Obuasi (Ashanti Region) 23 October 2001 - The management of Obuasi Goldfields Sporting Club added another feat to their credit when they opened a Club House at the Len Clay Stadium on Saturday 20 October 2001.
Known as the “Champion Sports”, the Club House will serve as a meeting place for both Goldfield and Adansiman Football Clubs to discuss issues that will among others, enhance the sportsmanship among the two clubs local clubs.
Opening it, Mr A. D. Zonderland, the Managing Director of Goldfields expressed concern about the performance of Adansiman in the premiere league so far and said Goldfields will offer them the needed support to enable them stay in the premiership – Graphic Sports
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Accra (Greater Accra Region) 23 October 2001 - The fourth VALCO Academicals Football Tournament for Senior Secondary Schools, kicks off at the Accra Sports Stadium on Monday 29 October and ends on Friday November 2 2001.
A statement signed by Mr Kingsley Inkoom, a representative of the organisers, said the tournament would involve six schools that qualified from the preliminary stages in the northern and southern sectors of the country.
The schools representing the southern sector are Aggrey Memorial Secondary School from Cape Coast in the Central Region, Takoradi Secondary School and St. John's School, both from Sekondi in the Western Region.
Asanteman Secondary School from Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, Bogatanga Secondary School and Tamale Secondary School from the Upper East and Northern regions respectively, will represent the northern sector.
The competition, which was instituted in 1998, was at the initiative of Professor John Evans Atta-Mills, former vice-president and one time member of the Ghana academicals soccer team.
The statement said a national academicals team would be selected at the end of the competition to represent the country against sister teams from West Africa in a sub-regional competition.
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Sunyani (Brong Ahafo Region) 23 October 2001 - Former captain of the national soccer team, Kwasi Owusu, who has been struggling to make a living by writing lotto in a small kiosk in Sunyani, says he wants to leave the lotto writing business and enter into serious coaching.
However, his major problem is that he does not have any formal training in coaching, even though he believes that he can do the job satisfactorily without any formal training.
He described himself in an interview as one of the greatest all-time strikers of the Black Stars, taking into consideration the selfless services he rendered to the nation, which went a long way in catapulting Ghana’s soccer to greater heights.
Mr Owusu who played for the Black Stars from 1967 to 1976, and was the captain of the team from 1973 to 1976, however has no plans of coaching Bofoakwa in the Brong Ahafo Region even if he is requested to do so, simply because he aims at the national team.
Meanwhile, Mr Owusu has received a set of jersey valued at about 2 million cedis on behalf of the Brong Ahafo Old Players Association. Mr Kwame Kyeremeh a member of the association, who is now domicile in Germany presented the set of jersey. – Graphic Sports
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Accra (Greater Accra Region) 23 October 2001 - Leading scorers in the Star Premier League after the 24th week matches on Sunday are as follows:
17 -- Ishmael Addo (Hearts)
12 -- Awudu Adama (Dawu)
10 -- Issah Mohamnmed (Hasaacas)
9 --- Isaac Boakye (Goldfields) Godwin Ablordey (Kotoko)
8 --- Nana Arhin-Duah (Goldfields) Frank Turkson (Hasaacas)
7 --- Asamoah Dzifa (Maxbees) Nana Frimpong (Kotoko) Osei Kuffour (Hearts) J B Danquah (Olympics) Baba Sulley (Dawu)
6 --- Emmanuel Donkor (Hearts)
5 --- Robert Amoaku (Goldfields) Sulemana Bentil (Kaebibirem) Charles Taylor (Hearts) Hamza Mohammed (RTU) Ernest Boateng (Okwawu) Eric Mbroh (Dawu) Awudu Alhassan (Adansiman)
4 --- Joseph Adjei, Abass Iddrisu (RTU) Shila Alhassan, Joe Okyere(Kotoko) Albert Neequaye, Ablade Morgan (Liberty) Joe Agyeman (King Faisal) Amui Quaye (Ghapoha)
3 --- Albert Batsa, Kofi Debrah, Moses Tetteh, David Boateng (Liberty) Kwaku Asare (Adansiman) Frank Osei, Eric Gawu (King Faisal) Adzagba Komi (RTU) John Kudjoe, William Agyapong (Bofoakwa) Ellis Opoku (Kaebibirem) Issa Shaibu (Maxbees) Edmund Copson, Bernard Don Bortey (Hearts) Kingsley Kwarteng, Ebo Mends (Hasaacas) Alfred Nii Larbi (Okwawu) Albert Nkansah, David Larkotey (Olympics) Steven Oduro (Kotoko)
2 --- Fatawu Arola, Ibrahim Kluvi (RTU) Anthony Mintah, Baffour Gyimah, Tahiru Abdulai, Kwadwo Opoku, Clovis Kambou (Bofoakwa) Adu Kwaku, Ayitey Dorman, Victor Antwi (Kaebibirem) Chibsah Yusif (King Faisal) Lawrence Adjei, Joe Louis, Michael Osei (Kotoko) Princeston Owusu-Ansah (Goldfields) Willie Hammond, Anthony Appiah (Maxbees) Ben Kwame, Alex Awuah, Sammy Addo (Ghapoha) Nicholas Addo, Ibrahim Labaran, Prince Adu Poku (Dawu) Nana Adarkwa, Mike Acheampong, Seth Antwi, George Brown, Francis Aggrey (Arsenals) Asare Nyarko, Johnson Eklu, Kwesi Keremanteng (Okwawu) Awuley Quaye (Hearts) David Amoaku, Dennis Odoom, Kwabina Dodzie (Olympics) Isaac Asari, Haruna Gariba, Paul Attiah, Hope Leveh (Adansiman) Ernest Papa Arko (Liberty)
1 --- Abubakar Yakuza, Tijani Mohammed, Ben Boakye, Kwabena Opoku, Ben Wilson, Awudu Ronaldo (King Faisal) Nuhu Mohammed, Salifu Shaabu, Martin Appau (Kwaebibirem) Samuel Kyere, Ibrahim Yahaya, Joseph Boakye, Razak Moro, Shaibu Yussif, Seth Ofori, Adu Poku (Arsenals) Limbambani Yedibahoma, Akakpo Patron
Wahid Mohammed, Yaw Berko (Liberty) Samuel Hansen, Richard Anderson, Mensah Pomanney, Michael Thompson (Ghapoha) Francis Martey, Samuel Aryetey, Frank Adjei, Fatau Barns (Olympics) Kofi Apetor, Richard Mireku, Alfred Nii Darko, Seth Osei, Yaw Ohene Noble, Robert Kingston, Matthew Konadu, Paul Amposah, Osei Bonsu, George Tutu (Okwawu) Charles Ampiah, Kwaku Armah, Alfred Arthur, Osei
Kofi, Collins Afriyea (Adansiman) James Boateng, Steven Amo, Eric Boakye, Aminu Musah, Ofosu Amoah (Goldfields) Richard Oppong, Ben Kusi, George Yamoah, Kennedy Boadi, Kwasi Matthew (Bofoakwa) Sulemana Faisal, Fusani Sumaila, Kwame Acheampong (RTU) Joshua Quarcoopome, Kofi Acquah, Eric Marfo, George Ampoful, Clement Cove, Ben Adjei, Eric Abankwa (Maxbees) Abedi Sarfo, Aziz Ansah, Ofosu
Amoah, Joe Hendricks (Kotoko) Lawrence Adjah Tetteh (Hearts) Ahmed Issah (Dawu) Emmanuel Okyere (Hasaacas)
NB: Chart does not include scorer(s) of Goldfields/Kwaebibirem and Arsenals/Liberty matches.
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