Hearts bare teeth at league organizers

Hearts of Oak sound riled by a decision rejecting their request to have their match day 15 away fixture against AshantiGold postponed.

The Phobians on Monday had the decision from the Ghana FA communicated to them after making a written request last week in order to have ample time to prepare for Sunday’s Confederation Cup match against Mali’s Djoliba.

General Manager, Gerald Ankrah, has expressed Hearts of Oak’s disappointment at the turn of events as the club feels they are being neglected in their push to fly high the flag of Ghana in Africa.

“We submitted a letter requesting to have the AshGold game postponed last week Tuesday. The Premier League Board (PLB) met and turned down our request on Wednesday but we received the decision by a letter today [Monday],” he told Happy FM.

“We played Olympics on Sunday, [set] to play AshGold [on Wednesday] and we have a very big game in Africa in Accra on Sunday.”

“We are not happy about the decision when we are the only club in Africa and have to prepare well but we are going head strong to play the [AshGold] game.”

Speaking on high tone, Ankrah goes on to question the rationale behind what he called ‘the rush’ by the league organisers to have the match day 15 league game come on as both clubs will be on the disadvantage.

“I spoke to a top AshGold official and they were returning from Wa this morning. I ask, why the rush? Look at the distance we would both have to cover for Wednesday’s game before returning to Accra for Djoliba on Sunday. I don’t want to say certain things but officials are being economical with issues,” he lamented.

Hearts of Oak lie 10th on the FCPPL log.