SWAG Cup: Berekum Chelsea versus Asante Kotoko

*SIC / SWAG CUP MATCH ON JUNE 26*

*…Berekum Chelsea versus Asante Kotoko*

The first leg of this year’s SIC / SWAG Cup Match comes off at the Ohene

Djan Stadium on Sunday June 26, 2011.

The two clubs picked by the Sports Media body of Ghana are crowd pullers

Kumasi Asante Kotoko and league leaders Berekum Chelsea.

The two top sides have already confirmed their participation and football

fans in Accra can not wait for the big game that will attract RENFAG and

PfAG.

The Retired National Footballers Association of Ghana (RENFAG) will face

their junior counterparts the Professional Footballers Association of Ghana

(PfAG) in the curtain raiser, which means fans must troop the stadium very

early to see the ever green skills of the yester years heroes like three

times goal king Dan Owusu, dribbling magician Mohammed Polo who claims to be

far better than Argentina’s Lionel Messi, striker Willie Klutse, ace

defender Awule Quaye aka Foyoo, midfield dynamo Alhaji Ibrahim Sunday, Sammy

Osei Kufuor, Yaw Preko and other great stars.

The professional players who are currently active stars in Europe and

elsewhere will parade the likes of Tornado Appiah who a fan want to see

again and again and stars like Prince Tagoe, Dominic Adiyiah, Emmanuel Agyeman

Badu, Kwadwo Asamoah, Lee Addy, David Addy, Isaac Vorsah, Mathew Amoah,

Derek Boateng, John Paintsil, Sulley Muntari, Michael Essien, Eric Bekoe,

Richard Kingston, Laryea Kingston, John Mensah, Kevin Prince Boateng Quency

Owusu Abeyie just to name a few.

For many fans who could not see the stars dazzle in the Michael Essien Peace

Match, this is another opportunity to see the stars do what they can do best

again.

On the match itself, Berekum Chelsea the 2011 Premier League winners are

leaving no stone unturned as they want to make the season a memorable one to

collect all trophies at stake.

According to bank roller Kyeremeng, Chelsea are in to play football and they

do not fear which side they play. He said they are ever ready for Kotoko and

will prove to all Ghanaians that they really have the best players.

He stressed that top striker Emmanuel Clottey has promised to score against

Kotoko for everyone to see that he is the true and right goal king for the

year 2011.

Meanwhile, fans of the fabulous team, Kotoko are also seeking to win glory

this season like they do always and want to win the SWAG Cup once again.

Edmund Ackah, a top supporter of Kotoko said they will teach Chelsea the

rudiments of the game in Accra, before beating them well in nthe second leg

in Kumasi on July 10, 2011.

Meanwhile this is the list of past winners of the SWAG Cup since in 1972.

THE PAST WINNERS

1972 Mysterious Dwarfs beat Hearts of Oak in the very first match

1973 Hearts of Oak won the second match and it continues….

1974 Hearts of Oak and Tano Bafoakwa [honours shared]

1975 Tano Bafoakwa

1976 Dumas of GTP

1977 Hearts of Oak and Dumas of GTP [honours shared]

1978 Hearts of Oak

1979 Hearts of Oak

1980 Eleven Wise

1981 Asante Kotoko

1982 Hasaacas

1983 Hasaacas

1984 Hearts of Oak

1985 Hearts of Oak

1986 Asante Kotoko

1987 Okwahu United

1988 Asante Kotoko

1989 Asante Kotoko

1990 Asante Kotoko

1991 Asante Kotoko

1992 Asante Kotoko

1993 Asante Kotoko

1994/95 Goldfields 2-1 Asante Kotoko

1995/96 Goldfields 4-2 Asante Kotoko

1996/97 no competition

1997/98 All Blacks 1-0 Asante Kotoko

1998 Asante Kotoko and All Blacks [honours shared]

1999 no competition

2000 Asante Kotoko 1-0 King Faisal

2001 Asante Kotoko

2002 no competition

2003 Asante Kotoko 2-1 Liberty Professionals

2004 no competition match cancelled

2005 Asante Kotoko 2-1 Agaza of Lomé, Togo

2006 AshantiGold 1-0 Asante Kotoko

2007 Liberty Professionals 3-0 Hearts of Oak

2008 Asante Kotoko 2-1 AshantiGold

2009 Heart of Lions 0-1 2-0 Asante Kotoko

2010 Hearts of Oak 0-0, 0-1Ashantigold

2011 ??? who wins ???