The blind pass: A weekly feature on GPL - Never again

At the blast of the whistle to kick start week 11 at the various centres, it was thrills continua as the spills from the games turned the league log on its head.

Aduana Stars in picking up the pieces from their early season blip have metamorphosed into a free-scoring side.

They have netted at least 3 goals in their last 3 outings, a return more than their entire goal tally at this point last season.

They were on rampage again hitting Dreams FC for 4 at the Dormaa park.

Hearts of Oak stayed afloat after their near holiday drowning and smashed a 43 game home record spanning over 2 years when they pipped Berekum Chelsea by a goal to move top of the league. Hasaacas were on top gear at home beating New Edubiase United by 3 goals to 1.

Asante Kotoko were too good for Ebusua Dwarfs humbling them in a 3 goal drubbing. Their fairytale start to the league hit another road block as All Stars fell 3-1 to Techiman City FC at the “Den”.

Champions Ashgold failed to beat poor travellers Bechem United at home to continue their atrocious defence of the title. Bechem United, however, picked their first point on their travel this term.

West Africa Football Academy and Inter Allies played out an uneventful scoreless drawn game at the Redbull arena to complete the weekend fixture list.

NEVER AGAIN..

A wet Wednesday evening would turn out to be a night never to be forgotten in the history of association football. A night which left an indelible mark on our minds and on our soccer calendar.

A night where able-bodied men went in the name of quenching their soccer thirst and never returned. A night where carnage took our football stands by storm and robbed us of precious lives.

Football matches had been all fun and excitement until that fateful night when a fun haven turned into a slaughter house.

Fan behaviour, security reaction, state of infrastructure, time of games have all come up at one point or the other in our bid to let such a disaster be a one-off occurrence.

However, our reaction in the advent of fan misbehaviour and our proactiveness towards maintaining infrastructure have been nothing but lackadaisical. We have still struggled to implement portions of the Okudzeto commission report as well as modify outlived bits to our own detriment.

On the occasion of 15th anniversary of May 9th, we wish our fallen brethren a peaceful rest. Forever in our hearts but never again should such a tragedy befall our most cherished and loved sport in this country!