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What A Day In Ghana Football!

On this day, 29 November 1966 (Exactly 53 years ago today), three clubs from the Ashanti Region, Asante Kotoko, Great Ashanti and Cornerstone withdrew from the Ghana Football League due to ’employment problems’ of their players, resulting in the cancellation of the league in December. Majority of their players were employees of state-owned organisations, and

Kwame Nkrumah’s role in Black Stars’ conquests

Ghana's First President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, is arguably the president with the greatest contribution to Ghana's African football conquests, so far. Below are some of the remarkable steps he took to enable Ghana beat them all in football on the African continent. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, in his ambition to ensure African Unity, believed that football