42 years after his death, Robert Mensah lives on!

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KOFI 12 years ago

Sometimes such story's gos a long way.

Sometimes such story's gos a long way.
Kwame Asumeng 12 years ago

Robert Mensah was paid One thousand Cedis in 1971 for transferring to Kotoko. The amount was unbelievable. Robert was indiscipline for most of the season and very selective in matches. It gave the opportunity for Essel Mensah ...
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Robert Mensah was paid One thousand Cedis in 1971 for transferring to Kotoko. The amount was unbelievable. Robert was indiscipline for most of the season and very selective in matches. It gave the opportunity for Essel Mensah, who was formerly called Robert Mensah to be the reliable goalkeeper during the league season for Kumasi Asante Kotoko. After winning the African Cup, a great bonus was paid to all players and those who remember will recall that philanthropists in Kumasi populace gave generously to all, including goalkeeping number one. Today we are all seeing Prince Boateng being selective in matches incurring the wrath of fans. Robert was highly respected for his goalkeeping skills and Kotoko was acquiesced into submission to accept any requests. (Out of respect for the late Mensah, I refused the words tantrums and extortion). In short Robert Mensah was handsomely rewarded at the time and Kotoko honored their agreement. Robert wanted VW car, which was not part of the agreement and BK Edusei promised him to relocate to Kumasi before Richman BK buy him the car. His demise in Akpeteshie bar ended his relocation.
NON-ASANTE-AKYEMS!! USA 12 years ago

Sometimes it is better to stay with the devil you know.... He would have still been alive with M. Dwarfs Cape Coast. He made the wrong fateful move which did not make any financial difference to his life.

Sometimes it is better to stay with the devil you know.... He would have still been alive with M. Dwarfs Cape Coast. He made the wrong fateful move which did not make any financial difference to his life.
Oh-Andy -K 12 years ago

Non-Asante-Akyems or whatever you call yourself, you are despicable and a scum. We are here commiserating on the demise of a great son of Ghana and a great footballer and all you can contribute from your XYY Chromosome degene ...
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Non-Asante-Akyems or whatever you call yourself, you are despicable and a scum. We are here commiserating on the demise of a great son of Ghana and a great footballer and all you can contribute from your XYY Chromosome degenerate brain is a vitriol and tribal diatribe. How did Kotoko kill him? Do you know how dearly Robert was loved by Kotoko fans, Asantes, the team and indeed all Ghanaians? The nation loved so much and we are still aggrieved when we talk about him. Between him and the Master Legend, Baba Yara, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, is still in mourning because they were our Princes. May His Soul and that of Baba Yara rest in eternally perfect peace!!
Atinga Kobla Atongo 12 years ago

I CAN REMEMBER THIS VIVIDLY. ROBERT WAS MARVELOUS. THIS TRIBAL SENTIMENTS ARE SICKENING. Non-Asante-Akyems is pathetic. Robert was special, the best ever probably in the world. he is legendary and will stay on for ever. I HAD ...
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I CAN REMEMBER THIS VIVIDLY. ROBERT WAS MARVELOUS. THIS TRIBAL SENTIMENTS ARE SICKENING. Non-Asante-Akyems is pathetic. Robert was special, the best ever probably in the world. he is legendary and will stay on for ever. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIM IN ACTION. THE YOUNG ONE'S DON'T BELIEVE IF YOU TRY TO DESCRIBE HOW BRILLIANT HE WAS. IN TODAY'S WORLD OF FOOTBALL HE WILL BE WORTH TWO HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS.
THIS IS EVEN UNDERSTATEMENT. A LEGEND INDEED. BRILLIANT SPORTSMAN TOO!
BOBBY REST IN PEACE. WE STILL REMEMBER AND LOVE YOU DEARLY. YOUR NAME WILL LIVE ON FOR EVER.
Nii - los Angeles 12 years ago

I tip my hat off to the author of this article. Well done. It is rare to see a solid narrative on this website like this one. Robert Mensah was an awesome goalie. I remember him from back in his hey day at Mysterious Dwarfs. ...
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I tip my hat off to the author of this article. Well done. It is rare to see a solid narrative on this website like this one. Robert Mensah was an awesome goalie. I remember him from back in his hey day at Mysterious Dwarfs. He made his debut against Sekondi Hassacas. As a child, I always wished I would be like him in the goal posts. He was so good, most opponents spread falsities about him and his trademark cap. There were rumors about some juju beneath his cap. Typical Ghanaian fallacy. May he continue to Rest In Peace.
Atinga Kobla Atongo 12 years ago

NII- LOS ANGELES THANK YOU.

NII- LOS ANGELES THANK YOU.
ranger 12 years ago

I watched the 1968 match between Kotoko and Dwarfs on TV. Kotoko was totally humiliated. I think it was in honour of Dr Busia or so. Dwarfs was indeed a great team then, and his departure to Kotoko, eventually led to the down ...
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I watched the 1968 match between Kotoko and Dwarfs on TV. Kotoko was totally humiliated. I think it was in honour of Dr Busia or so. Dwarfs was indeed a great team then, and his departure to Kotoko, eventually led to the downfall of Dwarfs up to today ...
Akora Kofi Aggrey 12 years ago

Please Mr Editor Robert died in 1972 not 1971. Check the dates and make the necessary corrections. He won the cup with Kotoko in 1971 and was billed to feature in goal in the Semi Finals with Gt Olympics the following season ...
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Please Mr Editor Robert died in 1972 not 1971. Check the dates and make the necessary corrections. He won the cup with Kotoko in 1971 and was billed to feature in goal in the Semi Finals with Gt Olympics the following season when he met his untimely death. However thanks for the write up. It makes your eyes wet with nostalgia. I mean those of us who were lucky to witness those great days of good football.
Akora Kofi Aggrey 12 years ago

Please Mr Editor Robert died in 1972 not 1971. Check the dates and make the necessary corrections. He won the cup with Kotoko in 1971 and was billed to feature in goal in the Semi Finals with Gt Olympics the following season ...
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Please Mr Editor Robert died in 1972 not 1971. Check the dates and make the necessary corrections. He won the cup with Kotoko in 1971 and was billed to feature in goal in the Semi Finals with Gt Olympics the following season when he met his untimely death. However thanks for the write up. It makes your eyes wet with nostalgia. I mean those of us who were lucky to witness those great days of good football.

Akora Kofi Aggrey 12 years ago

Please Mr Editor Robert died in 1972 not 1971. Check the dates and make the necessary corrections. He won the cup with Kotoko in 1971 and was billed to feature in goal in the Semi Finals with Gt Olympics the following season ...
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Please Mr Editor Robert died in 1972 not 1971. Check the dates and make the necessary corrections. He won the cup with Kotoko in 1971 and was billed to feature in goal in the Semi Finals with Gt Olympics the following season when he met his untimely death. However thanks for the write up. It makes your eyes wet with nostalgia. I mean those of us who were lucky to witness those great days of good football.
Akora Kofi Aggrey 12 years ago

Please Mr Editor Robert died in 1972 not 1971. Check the dates and make the necessary corrections. He won the cup with Kotoko in 1971 and was billed to feature in goal in the Semi Finals with Gt Olympics the following season ...
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Please Mr Editor Robert died in 1972 not 1971. Check the dates and make the necessary corrections. He won the cup with Kotoko in 1971 and was billed to feature in goal in the Semi Finals with Gt Olympics the following season when he met his untimely death. However thanks for the write up. It makes your eyes wet with nostalgia. I mean those of us who were lucky to witness those great days of good football.
Kwabena Asante 12 years ago

Talking about foolishness maybe ABUSUA DWARFS. Whom I still support after my BELOVED KUMAPIM BOYS probably put a contract on this son of Ghana. Robert may your soul find happiness with your maker

Talking about foolishness maybe ABUSUA DWARFS. Whom I still support after my BELOVED KUMAPIM BOYS probably put a contract on this son of Ghana. Robert may your soul find happiness with your maker
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Ka Na Wu 12 years ago

He is still a great son of Ghana

He is still a great son of Ghana
GHFUO, change ur thinking 12 years ago

DWARFS MUST RENOVATE THE STADIUM. U DONT EVEN SEE AND SIGNS FOR COMPANY ADS AT THE STADIUM. THE CAPACITY IS VERY SMALL.

Robert Mensah joined Kotoko from Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs in 1969 after he inspired the Abontua ...
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DWARFS MUST RENOVATE THE STADIUM. U DONT EVEN SEE AND SIGNS FOR COMPANY ADS AT THE STADIUM. THE CAPACITY IS VERY SMALL.

Robert Mensah joined Kotoko from Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs in 1969 after he inspired the Abontua Abontua Boys to thrash Kumasi Asante Kotoko 5-0 in 1968 at the famous Siwudu Park, incidentally now named after him. Interestingly, that was the time Kotoko had returned from a training tour abroad.
THE TRUTH 12 years ago

I thought only Ewes drink Akpeteshie. So Akans drink the stuff more than even Ewes?

I thought only Ewes drink Akpeteshie. So Akans drink the stuff more than even Ewes?
Kwame Asumen, Question 12 years ago

If his passing (in November 1971) ended his relocation to Kumasi, where was he located when playing for Kotoko before Kotoko won the African title in January 1971 (10 months before his passing)?
Was he travelling from Cape C ...
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If his passing (in November 1971) ended his relocation to Kumasi, where was he located when playing for Kotoko before Kotoko won the African title in January 1971 (10 months before his passing)?
Was he travelling from Cape Coast to Kumasi before November?
Kwame Asumeng, Answer 12 years ago

When Robert Mensah joined Fabulous, a philanthropist gave him a room to stay in Amakom. It was a temporal abode. He never permanently stayed in Kumasi. The African Number One goalkeeper was junketing back and forth from Tema ...
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When Robert Mensah joined Fabulous, a philanthropist gave him a room to stay in Amakom. It was a temporal abode. He never permanently stayed in Kumasi. The African Number One goalkeeper was junketing back and forth from Tema to Kumasi. He only trained with Kotoko on Fridays before match on Sunday. As a kid, we will always trot to Kotoko training grounds to watch him but it was always disappointing. Very lackadaisical. However, Come Sunday when the match is on......HIS full antics will be on display. Very remarkable. Goalkeeper number one defy physics as he will let the ball pass him before diving to catch the ball. You may disagree but this is eyewitness account of goalkeeper number one prowess in goalpost.
Love fufu and lightsoup 12 years ago

As a young boy, I witnessed on one occasion at the Accra football stadium that Robert turned around and dived for the ball after it had flown passed him and was goal-bound. With incredible agility and strength, he managed to ...
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As a young boy, I witnessed on one occasion at the Accra football stadium that Robert turned around and dived for the ball after it had flown passed him and was goal-bound. With incredible agility and strength, he managed to paw the ball from the goal line to the corner flag! How amazing that was!!
He was truly an exceptional talent whose untimely and tragic death left us all in shock, despair and great sadness. Dear Bob, RIP!!!
Your everlasting admirer from Cape Coast.

Grand mufti 12 years ago

Triabalistic nonsense like always. Face fact. Asantes broke the promise they made to him.

The Asantes must finally go back to MALI where they come from and leave us in peace in GHANA. Robert Rest in peace Everybody admired ...
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Triabalistic nonsense like always. Face fact. Asantes broke the promise they made to him.

The Asantes must finally go back to MALI where they come from and leave us in peace in GHANA. Robert Rest in peace Everybody admired you regardless of tribe.
jato bibio 12 years ago

A BIG FOOL WHO DOES NOT APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR BEST TO THEIR COUNTRY. FOR ALL YOU KNOW KWAME DOES NOT APPRECIATE HIS OWN FATHER. MAY BE HE EVEN DOES NOT KNOW WHO HIS FATHER IS.

A BIG FOOL WHO DOES NOT APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR BEST TO THEIR COUNTRY. FOR ALL YOU KNOW KWAME DOES NOT APPRECIATE HIS OWN FATHER. MAY BE HE EVEN DOES NOT KNOW WHO HIS FATHER IS.
jato brother 12 years ago

jato bibio is my senior brother and his thinking is upside down. So readers from Ghanaweb might help themselves to ignore him. He has deviated as always from topic.

jato bibio is my senior brother and his thinking is upside down. So readers from Ghanaweb might help themselves to ignore him. He has deviated as always from topic.
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

Robert Mensah died at Community 7, Tema not community 4 as the story tells. I was a kid so I won't tread on hear says but at least I know the spot and can take anybody there today. The bar is called CREDO

Robert Mensah died at Community 7, Tema not community 4 as the story tells. I was a kid so I won't tread on hear says but at least I know the spot and can take anybody there today. The bar is called CREDO
OSEI TAWIAH 12 years ago

Where was CREDO in community 7? I know both Subin and Falieza were at 7, Jatokrom between 7 and 8, where was CREDO located at 7? Please POW let me know, this is one spot I have always wanted to know since Robert Mensah was my ...
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Where was CREDO in community 7? I know both Subin and Falieza were at 7, Jatokrom between 7 and 8, where was CREDO located at 7? Please POW let me know, this is one spot I have always wanted to know since Robert Mensah was my hero as a kid.
Mr.N 12 years ago

I know Robert Mensah very well he started as a No. 5 player until a match the goalkeeper was shown the red card, the good old days when a goalkeeper is shown the red you can't replaced him one of the players. He worked for PW ...
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I know Robert Mensah very well he started as a No. 5 player until a match the goalkeeper was shown the red card, the good old days when a goalkeeper is shown the red you can't replaced him one of the players. He worked for PWD in Cape Coast and we all played Victoria park including Robert Coffie. I do not think Credo exist anymore it was a small joint. Club Falieza is the seaman joint on the roof top at Comm 7 Jatokrom and Jam Night club were all based in Comm 8. Gone were the days She Club @ Comm 2 El Paso @ Comm 1.
GHFUO, change ur thinking 12 years ago

PLS GO TO GH WAI. DONT BE SATISFIED WITH THE POTHOLES IN DC..CAPITAL HILL

PLS GO TO GH WAI. DONT BE SATISFIED WITH THE POTHOLES IN DC..CAPITAL HILL
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

From community 7 market at Grand Tavern, your right will take you to GTP "Ghana Textile Printing" so ignore your right and make a left towards the next T-Junction, turn right as if you're going to community 8. Just before Dat ...
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From community 7 market at Grand Tavern, your right will take you to GTP "Ghana Textile Printing" so ignore your right and make a left towards the next T-Junction, turn right as if you're going to community 8. Just before Datus preparatory school, the place is to your right. There's a popular bar there called Asona Gardens. I've not been there in a long time so I don't know if any of these bars exist anymore.
Mr.N 12 years ago

My friend when was the last time you were in that area. The last time I was there GTP roundabout is all the Comm 4 station the shocking news is that Dr. Osei's clinic is still there nothing had changed. Candlelight I don't t ...
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My friend when was the last time you were in that area. The last time I was there GTP roundabout is all the Comm 4 station the shocking news is that Dr. Osei's clinic is still there nothing had changed. Candlelight I don't think it still there and V-club is dead place now.
Northern Concern 12 years ago

Oh my God! In this century directions in Ghana are still vague! No wonder we are still very ignorantly blaming president Mahama

Oh my God! In this century directions in Ghana are still vague! No wonder we are still very ignorantly blaming president Mahama

POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

You're very funny paaaa. Anyway, giving directions in Tema is very easy just like it is abroad but in this case I had to go the way I did because, Osei Tawiah doesn't seem to know the area very well. I could have just given h ...
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You're very funny paaaa. Anyway, giving directions in Tema is very easy just like it is abroad but in this case I had to go the way I did because, Osei Tawiah doesn't seem to know the area very well. I could have just given him the address of the area. It's less than a quarter of a mile from where he Osei Tawiah knows but I still had to give him some boundries to work with.
JH New York 12 years ago

I don't know if the then Community 7 last trotro Station is at where it was.
So ask of the last trotro Station in the early 1970's when coming from Comm 4.(is not far from the curve you negotiate between Comm 4 Ownership To ...
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I don't know if the then Community 7 last trotro Station is at where it was.
So ask of the last trotro Station in the early 1970's when coming from Comm 4.(is not far from the curve you negotiate between Comm 4 Ownership To reach Comm 7.It's about 130 ,_150 yards straight in front of you from curve to the station,and from the station,
Walk some few yards to the junction ahead of you.Turn right at the junction and walk some few yards and turn again on the first junction on your left. You will be in a roundtable.At this point, you're walking towards Comm 7 Park .Step to the right hand lane at the end of the roundabout and go ahead of you.
Now you have on your right-hand side 2 lines of buildings horizontal.The short story buildings before the Story buildings that line the Park .So find CREDO bar in short story buildings.I think it's the 2nd or the 3 building from the lane you walking on to your right-hand side.
It was just something like a big Kiosk in front of the house maybe between the hedges.
I don't think the kiosk is still there but anyone who has lived in the area around 1970 can show you the exact building. Good luck.
Kwame Asumen, Question 12 years ago

So where is Melfah now?
Does anyone know?
Just curious.

So where is Melfah now?
Does anyone know?
Just curious.
Atinga Kobla Atongo 12 years ago

MELFAH WENT TO LIVE IN NIGERIA WHEN HE WAS RELEASED, AND THE POOR FOOL WAS RUN-OVER BY A BIG TRUCK IN NIGERIA.
HE MAY BE IN HELL NOW.

MELFAH WENT TO LIVE IN NIGERIA WHEN HE WAS RELEASED, AND THE POOR FOOL WAS RUN-OVER BY A BIG TRUCK IN NIGERIA.
HE MAY BE IN HELL NOW.
ranger 12 years ago

REALLY ... ?

REALLY ... ?
K.K 12 years ago

THAT'S WHERE MY LEARNING ABILITIES EMERGED. I DO REMEMEBR MR. GRANTS AND STUDYING AT ANGLICAN CHURCH CORRIDOR AND ITS FOOT STEPS DOING ALL NIGHTS. WOW, THOSE ALL NIGHTS ARE NOW HELPING EVEN 10 YEARS LATER.SOON AND VERY SOON ...
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THAT'S WHERE MY LEARNING ABILITIES EMERGED. I DO REMEMEBR MR. GRANTS AND STUDYING AT ANGLICAN CHURCH CORRIDOR AND ITS FOOT STEPS DOING ALL NIGHTS. WOW, THOSE ALL NIGHTS ARE NOW HELPING EVEN 10 YEARS LATER.SOON AND VERY SOON I WOULD BE THERE TO GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY 7 BIG TIME.
Al Hajj AAA Rashiid(OH.USA) 12 years ago

POW, you and Rasheed@Rasheedmulor, are really impressing me a lot, as regards your knowledge in Ghanaian Soccer. I have been following some of your comments lately and I can not help but accord you that respect young as you a ...
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POW, you and Rasheed@Rasheedmulor, are really impressing me a lot, as regards your knowledge in Ghanaian Soccer. I have been following some of your comments lately and I can not help but accord you that respect young as you are.

You are perfectly right, Robert Mensah was unfortunately stabbed at a drinking spot called CREDO in Tema, Comm 7 by an idiot called Isaac Melfa. The initial radio announcement by GBC 2 at the time said he was stabbed with a knife but it was later established that he was stabbed with a broken bottle. He was sent to the Tema General Hospital and I believe they experienced a black out and so by 2:30 am of Nov 2 he was pronounced dead. How sad! I was a strong Kotoko supporter at the time, and I bet you, though a young man at the time I wept like a kid. I hate that memory.
Koo Boye 12 years ago

As a kid living around Manhyia, I would walk to Cricket Park at 4pm and watch Kotoko train. I saw Kwame Adarkwa, Osei Kofi, Ben Acheampong and the great Robert Mensah. He was just awesome. There was Botwe and Essel Mensah but ...
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As a kid living around Manhyia, I would walk to Cricket Park at 4pm and watch Kotoko train. I saw Kwame Adarkwa, Osei Kofi, Ben Acheampong and the great Robert Mensah. He was just awesome. There was Botwe and Essel Mensah but every eye was on what Robert was going to do. His timing and diving were superb, that is when he showed up at training.
CONCERNED CITIZEN 12 years ago

GROWING UP..WE USED TO SING A SONG ABOUT HIM BUT DIDN'T KNOW THE FULL DETAILS OF HIS DEATH UNTIL NOW...SEPARATING FIGHTS IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS..I LOST MY COUSIN THROUGH THAT, HE WAS STABBED WITH A KNIFE. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PE ...
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GROWING UP..WE USED TO SING A SONG ABOUT HIM BUT DIDN'T KNOW THE FULL DETAILS OF HIS DEATH UNTIL NOW...SEPARATING FIGHTS IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS..I LOST MY COUSIN THROUGH THAT, HE WAS STABBED WITH A KNIFE. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.
Kofi 12 years ago

The song the kids used to sing was:

Robert Mensah African keeper #1
"aka kakra na wako aburokyire"
wofa bentua de w33 ne mfe mu
mek3 ak3ka akyer3 Osei Kofi"

The song the kids used to sing was:

Robert Mensah African keeper #1
"aka kakra na wako aburokyire"
wofa bentua de w33 ne mfe mu
mek3 ak3ka akyer3 Osei Kofi"
???? 12 years ago

Robert Mensah was not separating any fight. As skillful as he was, he has a bad temper and he was the one who started the fight by slapping young Malfeh around so he also took the beer bottle from the table, broke it and sta ...
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Robert Mensah was not separating any fight. As skillful as he was, he has a bad temper and he was the one who started the fight by slapping young Malfeh around so he also took the beer bottle from the table, broke it and stabbed him. When the police finally arrived and Malfeh was arrested, the eye witness on the table confessed that it was self defense.
Atinga Kobla Atongo 12 years ago

???? OR WHAT EVER YOU CALL YOUR SELF, ITS A LIE!
MELFAH WAS HIS LONG LIFE FRIEND BOTH FROM CAPE COAST.
MELFAH WAS AN EX-CONVICT AND A FAILURE IN LIFE. JEALOUSY PLAYED A MAJOR PART AT THE CREDO DRINKING BAR WHERE THE FIGHT ...
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???? OR WHAT EVER YOU CALL YOUR SELF, ITS A LIE!
MELFAH WAS HIS LONG LIFE FRIEND BOTH FROM CAPE COAST.
MELFAH WAS AN EX-CONVICT AND A FAILURE IN LIFE. JEALOUSY PLAYED A MAJOR PART AT THE CREDO DRINKING BAR WHERE THE FIGHT STARTED AND SPLIT OVER TO THE RUBBISH DUMP WHERE MELFAH PICKED THE BROKEN BOTTLE TO STAB HIM, WHEN THE TWO IN GRITS WERE FIGHTING AND HE TRIED TO SEPARATE THEM AND MET HIS UNTIMELY DEATH SO GET IT RIGHT.
pala 12 years ago

englebert is now tb mazembe.
in the 1970 final the first leg ended 2:2
the second leg ended 2:1 with goals from abukari & malik jabir.

englebert is now tb mazembe.
in the 1970 final the first leg ended 2:2
the second leg ended 2:1 with goals from abukari & malik jabir.
Atta Kwaku 12 years ago

THE failure of Kumasi Asante Kotoko to keep to their promise ended the life of a great man

THE failure of Kumasi Asante Kotoko to keep to their promise ended the life of a great man
Oh-Andy -K 12 years ago

Please research further. Robert was loved and showered with gifts and rewards. Stop spreading falsity paraded as half baked truths.It is always safe to premise on the existential than on the universal, because you may not hav ...
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Please research further. Robert was loved and showered with gifts and rewards. Stop spreading falsity paraded as half baked truths.It is always safe to premise on the existential than on the universal, because you may not have all the facts.
Asou 12 years ago

Hmmm, That is really a very touching life story. May he rest in peace.

Hmmm, That is really a very touching life story. May he rest in peace.
tafa 12 years ago

may his soul rest in perfect peace

may his soul rest in perfect peace
K Lomo 12 years ago

Those of you who were not born could still see his stature by googling his image. He was one handsome athletic player. Dauda Fatau and Kingson dont come close to him.

Those of you who were not born could still see his stature by googling his image. He was one handsome athletic player. Dauda Fatau and Kingson dont come close to him.
k donyina 12 years ago

R.I.P

R.I.P
Fred 12 years ago

MAy his soul rest in peace! The moral of the story is simple: The Asantes have always failed to live their side of any bargains! Okomfo Anokye was brutally murdered after he had served the Asantes and asked permission to go b ...
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MAy his soul rest in peace! The moral of the story is simple: The Asantes have always failed to live their side of any bargains! Okomfo Anokye was brutally murdered after he had served the Asantes and asked permission to go back to Denkyira to fulful his promise - A deal broken by Asantes!
Former President Kuffour failed to support Akuffo Addo when he stepped down as promised but rather tired in vain to hand the baton to his Asante brother Alan Kyeremanteng!
When the Golden stool had been recaptured by the Juaben hene, the Asantes accused him of stealing some of the Gold nuggets and pursued him to Akim where he sought refuge! Asantes historically are ungreatful people who will never change! Ghana is one country so we should accomodate them but we should also rememeber how they are as a people!!
pala 12 years ago

where did okomfo anokye come from? notsie in the volta region?

where did okomfo anokye come from? notsie in the volta region?
Pelicles 12 years ago

The name Anokye is a name of itself. There is no link of that name to that town Notsie in the Volta Region. The powerful fetish priest was a native of Awukugwa in the Easter Region. Okomfo Anokye is an Akwapim man and not ...
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The name Anokye is a name of itself. There is no link of that name to that town Notsie in the Volta Region. The powerful fetish priest was a native of Awukugwa in the Easter Region. Okomfo Anokye is an Akwapim man and not an Ewe.
OSEI TAWIAH 12 years ago

Hehehe, Na Waoo !! Ewes and theft. They are very professional when it comes to theft. They can even thief legendary characters.

Hehehe, Na Waoo !! Ewes and theft. They are very professional when it comes to theft. They can even thief legendary characters.
pala 12 years ago

okomfo anokye & kente were all stolen from the volta region
even today check the number of artisan of ewe decents integrated into the ashanti kingdom

okomfo anokye & kente were all stolen from the volta region
even today check the number of artisan of ewe decents integrated into the ashanti kingdom
Essuman 12 years ago

HE WAS JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER AKOMFO AROUND- LIARS AND CONMEN. GOLDEN STOOL FROM THE SKY? WHO BELIEVES THAT?
THE MAN WAS A CHARLATAN LIKE ALL THE OTHERS.

HE WAS JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER AKOMFO AROUND- LIARS AND CONMEN. GOLDEN STOOL FROM THE SKY? WHO BELIEVES THAT?
THE MAN WAS A CHARLATAN LIKE ALL THE OTHERS.
OSEI TALIBAN 12 years ago

Pelicles, Notsie is in Togo, not VR.

Pelicles, Notsie is in Togo, not VR.
Oh-Andy -K 12 years ago

Anokye is the fetish. His real name was Kwame Agyei Frimpon Manso Kotobere. How can this name be Ewe, fools?

Anokye is the fetish. His real name was Kwame Agyei Frimpon Manso Kotobere. How can this name be Ewe, fools?
Oh-Andy -K 12 years ago

Fred, Fred, Fred, the least said about you, the better. There are no words appropriate to describe you on this forum.

Fred, Fred, Fred, the least said about you, the better. There are no words appropriate to describe you on this forum.
Fred 12 years ago

Andy, thanks for restraining yourself. But I want you to tell me that the issues I raised are not facts but lies. You can argue with my conclusions but if the facts are of the truth, would u blame me for my conclusions? Komfo ...
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Andy, thanks for restraining yourself. But I want you to tell me that the issues I raised are not facts but lies. You can argue with my conclusions but if the facts are of the truth, would u blame me for my conclusions? Komfo Anokye was murdered in cold blood was he not? Kuffour prefered Alan Cash to Akoffo addo even though he was far lower in the packing order. Kenedy Agyepong confirms that his friendship with Kuffour ended becos of that disagreement! Everyone knows Robert Mensah died after a fight over a woman but Ghanaians always like to romantisize their heroes and eulogise them as if they were gods! But the fact still remains that Kotoko failed to honor their promise to Robert Mensah. Will you also argue the Juaben story? If so Id ask you to refer to your Asante history. Let me just add one... Kutu Acheampong failed to give Daniel Kotey Poison a house as promsed and to this date DK poison is still waiting. This is a trend my brother...I am not NDC, Ewe or a Northener in case you would use that against me. I am just stating some stark facts about Asantes and promises!!! thats all
???? 12 years ago

Not correct Fred. Poison was later on given a key to a house by the Kutu administration. Point of correction.

Not correct Fred. Poison was later on given a key to a house by the Kutu administration. Point of correction.
JoJo - USA 12 years ago

Oh no!! You are wrong again.
The 1st Ghanaian Feather weight Boxing Champion (D.K Poison) was awarded a bungalow at KANDA ESTATES by Head of States (Gen. Kutu Acheampong).
Soon after (D.K) had move in, there fire outbreak a ...
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Oh no!! You are wrong again.
The 1st Ghanaian Feather weight Boxing Champion (D.K Poison) was awarded a bungalow at KANDA ESTATES by Head of States (Gen. Kutu Acheampong).
Soon after (D.K) had move in, there fire outbreak and the entire house burned to
the ground. BIG loss. No home owner's
insurance coverage.
By the way,... the -D- in (D.K. Poison is David and Not Daniel.
I'm Sorry!!!
JoJo - USA 12 years ago

Sorry, Typo Correction

Sorry, Typo Correction
Natural Mystic 12 years ago

May his soul rest in perfect peace. I was a 12 year old 'guy' in secondary school at the time. I vividly remember Robert Mensah's heroics as a goalkepper.

May his soul rest in perfect peace. I was a 12 year old 'guy' in secondary school at the time. I vividly remember Robert Mensah's heroics as a goalkepper.
ME-LONDON 12 years ago

It was a sad story for Ghana football, the funeral was massive. I did not see Robert physically, I read and heard what he did,especially the way he passed away.

It was a sad story for Ghana football, the funeral was massive. I did not see Robert physically, I read and heard what he did,especially the way he passed away.
Martin 12 years ago

I do not think it is true that Robert Mensah asked Ibrahim Mahama for a car. Robert Mensah drove a car before his death. He used to visit his friends in Michel Camp in Tema in his car. I remembered him trying to squeeze in an ...
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I do not think it is true that Robert Mensah asked Ibrahim Mahama for a car. Robert Mensah drove a car before his death. He used to visit his friends in Michel Camp in Tema in his car. I remembered him trying to squeeze in and out of this small car he drove. He was the best.
Martin did you understand? 12 years ago

We did not read that he did not have a car.
We only read that he asked for a car.

Maybe he needed a second car, or just wanted a second car to feel even more recognised by Kotoko, despite other benefits he might have been ...
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We did not read that he did not have a car.
We only read that he asked for a car.

Maybe he needed a second car, or just wanted a second car to feel even more recognised by Kotoko, despite other benefits he might have been receiving at the time.
Al Hajj AAA Rashiid(OH.USA) 12 years ago

Andy Quao, I am not sure if you have your facts right, there was a Kotoko Board Chairman a Lebanese business man in Kumasi who was the one Robert Mensah really listened to in times of disagreements or crisis in Kotoko. He w ...
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Andy Quao, I am not sure if you have your facts right, there was a Kotoko Board Chairman a Lebanese business man in Kumasi who was the one Robert Mensah really listened to in times of disagreements or crisis in Kotoko. He was Ibrahim Mourkazel, I don't know if I have the name right, but Mourkazel was so popular in Kumasi he wielded so much power.

He was the one who told Robert Mensah, to go back into the post when Robert Mensah out of anger walked out of the post when a penalty was awarded against Kotoko in Kinsasha(DRC) in their match with TP Englebert in 1970. The missed penalty kick that landed Tsinabu in jail on the orders of Prez Mobutu. Please check your facts. I stand by my statements.
Natural Mystic 50+ 12 years ago

Happy 54th, buddy.

Happy 54th, buddy.
dd 12 years ago

where is his photo ?

where is his photo ?
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

Just imagine a dark skinned masculine guy about 6 feet tall in a goalkeeper's outfit matched with a white cum black squared spots cooley high cap and you'll not be far from the truth. In other words, imagine a picture of goal ...
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Just imagine a dark skinned masculine guy about 6 feet tall in a goalkeeper's outfit matched with a white cum black squared spots cooley high cap and you'll not be far from the truth. In other words, imagine a picture of goalkeeper Carr, change the face a little bit and you'll have Robert Mensah. I hope that helps?
AkwasiB (USA) 12 years ago

Well said. He was unique in the poker-dot cap. Great memories, even as a pre-teen youngster

Well said. He was unique in the poker-dot cap. Great memories, even as a pre-teen youngster
otorofo 12 years ago

we must honor our promise{N D C}not to lead Ghanaians into death.

we must honor our promise{N D C}not to lead Ghanaians into death.
I & I 12 years ago

Great piece of history though but the place where R.Mensah was stabbed was Credo bar Com.7 but not Com.4.
I was in class 6 at Oninku Primary Com.1 and cld remember vividly there was light off(DOM SO)the night he was being op ...
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Great piece of history though but the place where R.Mensah was stabbed was Credo bar Com.7 but not Com.4.
I was in class 6 at Oninku Primary Com.1 and cld remember vividly there was light off(DOM SO)the night he was being operated on and that might had contributed to his death.
KK 12 years ago

WOW!

WOW!
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

Sokoooo. I'm a Tema Community 1 Site 17 boy. I didn't like Master Nablah so I didn't attend Oninku at all.

Sokoooo. I'm a Tema Community 1 Site 17 boy. I didn't like Master Nablah so I didn't attend Oninku at all.
Mr.N 12 years ago

POW is this guy still alive he used to live in Comm 4 very tall guy so everyone call him Tema ya high.

POW is this guy still alive he used to live in Comm 4 very tall guy so everyone call him Tema ya high.
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

Oh my God, that man was a painter cum carpenter and a harbor hustler. He used to buy stuff from my mum. I know him very well oooo Master. Hope he's still alive?

Oh my God, that man was a painter cum carpenter and a harbor hustler. He used to buy stuff from my mum. I know him very well oooo Master. Hope he's still alive?
Mr.N 12 years ago

He lives on our road AH at Comm 4 I don't hence asking you I was hoping you would have known something. This guy would have being a great BB player if he had found his way to USA.

He lives on our road AH at Comm 4 I don't hence asking you I was hoping you would have known something. This guy would have being a great BB player if he had found his way to USA.
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

He was taller than Tema Y3 High and younger too. Haaaaaa, I used to call him "Uncle Long John". Haaaaaaaaaaa

He was taller than Tema Y3 High and younger too. Haaaaaa, I used to call him "Uncle Long John". Haaaaaaaaaaa
I & I 12 years ago

Long John Temasco Guy and Dollar Bill.Maybe his in the states.

Long John Temasco Guy and Dollar Bill.Maybe his in the states.
Pontius Pilate 12 years ago

You are really a son of Tema, Tema High was very famous in comm 4. Where is that tall man? Hope he is doing good. May the soul of Robert Mensah rest in Perfect Peace.

You are really a son of Tema, Tema High was very famous in comm 4. Where is that tall man? Hope he is doing good. May the soul of Robert Mensah rest in Perfect Peace.
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

Wow, you no bi children. Enough respect Bro. Class 6 in 1971 suggests you were about a year or two ahead of Akadja, Atia Abongo, Nkuchei and co with master Nablah as your head teacher right?

Wow, you no bi children. Enough respect Bro. Class 6 in 1971 suggests you were about a year or two ahead of Akadja, Atia Abongo, Nkuchei and co with master Nablah as your head teacher right?
Slimzay **Unshakable Shaker** 12 years ago

You make jokes out of sorry. That is very good, POW. How did you know all these classmates and their heard master.

You make jokes out of sorry. That is very good, POW. How did you know all these classmates and their heard master.
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

I admired them as a kid. Incidentally, one of them became my classmate so many years later. LOL

I admired them as a kid. Incidentally, one of them became my classmate so many years later. LOL
I & I 12 years ago

Atia Abongo was 1yr my junior.A site 20 Guy.I was one of the pioneers at site 17 day nursery be4 going to Oninku.I know we all missed Smith(onions in Fante)the Seaman who died some yrs back.A very funny and lovable chap.LONG ...
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Atia Abongo was 1yr my junior.A site 20 Guy.I was one of the pioneers at site 17 day nursery be4 going to Oninku.I know we all missed Smith(onions in Fante)the Seaman who died some yrs back.A very funny and lovable chap.LONG LIVE TEMA GUYS and BLESS DR.KWAME NKRUMAH for the city of Tema.
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

His real name was Paa Ray Smith. May his soul rest in peace. He actually lived in community 11 but his big sister was married to one of the Star Kist Tuna bosses known as Mr. Cann so site 17 looked more like his first home in ...
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His real name was Paa Ray Smith. May his soul rest in peace. He actually lived in community 11 but his big sister was married to one of the Star Kist Tuna bosses known as Mr. Cann so site 17 looked more like his first home instead because his other siblings lived there too. Me and his younger brother Billy were featured with Gyedu Blay Ambulley on a Gtv music show called Telescope hosted by Godwin Avenogbor. I remember Paa Ray had to carry me from the GBC entrance into the studio because I got scared of a security K-9. What a world? Oh gone were those days.
I & I 12 years ago

You are real Tema Guy.I know Ambulley and Swimming them.Back in the days,Tema with the Seamen and the Departmental Games at the stadium where all the top players in Ghana come to play was lovely than now.

You are real Tema Guy.I know Ambulley and Swimming them.Back in the days,Tema with the Seamen and the Departmental Games at the stadium where all the top players in Ghana come to play was lovely than now.
POW@ Appiah anaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

Haaaaaaa, anyway they were the same click. Paa Ray, Swimming, Nakwah, Joe, Ambulley, Paa George, to name but a few. Wow, inter departmental games huh! GTP, TTL, TFCC and State Fishing stole the show back in the days. They had ...
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Haaaaaaa, anyway they were the same click. Paa Ray, Swimming, Nakwah, Joe, Ambulley, Paa George, to name but a few. Wow, inter departmental games huh! GTP, TTL, TFCC and State Fishing stole the show back in the days. They had almost all the top players in Ghana. Oninku number 1 park was the training ground for State Fishing, number 2 park was for Cargo Readers. Later on TDC took over almost the entire Hearts squad around 1976. All the new players of Phobia, Adolf Armah, Bashiru Gambo, Baba Gambo, Kotey Kalaala and co were with TDC. Hey, I also miss athletics ooooo, where Columbus/Napoleon, Kubi, Veronica Odidja, Cynthia Armah, Mary Tom eeeeiii these people took Tema by storm oooo. Oh yes the so called juju people too. Mr. Arhin and Johnatan OMG. Oh how I miss those days. Nice one m3333n
OBUOBA ABANKWA BOMBAY 12 years ago

why are people giving unfounded reports about events they no nothing about? they take advantage of their prolific skills in the English language to deceive a lot of people space will not allow me to express my view on events ...
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why are people giving unfounded reports about events they no nothing about? they take advantage of their prolific skills in the English language to deceive a lot of people space will not allow me to express my view on events maybe I should write a book maybe I will have to proof that KOTOKO won the league that gave them the AFRICAN CUP FOR THE FIRST time in a fraudulent scheme maybe I will have to proof that Great Olympics were bullied by their so called friend KOTOKO in that match in KUMASI which followed Robert mensah's death maybe Robert mensah's death and subsequent trial of melfah should be revisited and MELFAH if found to have been wronged by the judicial system has to be compensated. ROBERT MENSAH WAS INVOLED IN A FIGHT OVER A WOMAN WHO DIDN'T BELONG TO HIM HE WAS BEATING MELFAH MERCILESSLY AND WHAT WILL YOU DO IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCE? WHY DID VICTOR OWUSU AND CO TRANSFERED THE CASE FROM TEMA TO ACCRA? AS A DIE HARD PHOBIAN I WAS HAPPY WHEN THE RUMOURS HAD IT THAT OLYMPICS FANS KILLED ROBERT TO GAIN TACTICAL ADVANTAGE OVER KOTOKO ON THEIR IMPENDING AFRICAN CUP MATCH BECAUSE THE TERRFIC FORM OLYMPICS WAS IN AT THAT TIME THEY WERE POISED TO WIN THE AFRICAN CUP BEFORE PHOBIA DOES WHICH WOULD HAVE SADDENED ME BUT LETS BE HONEST AND KEEP THE RECORDS CLEAR OF ERRORS. I WAS AT THE HOSPITAT AT TEMA TO VISIT HIM WITH SOME OF MY FELOW STUDENTS AT TEMA SECONDARY WE WERE NOT ALLOWED IN I WEPT BECAUSE I HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH GOOD GOOLKEEPING FROM ANYONE BUT LETS MAKE FACTS FACTS AND NOT FANTACY.
Otoatuo 12 years ago

Obuoba,I doubt your account too. It is factual the incident happened at a spot called CREDO at community 7 Tema. But it was not because of a girlfriend as you want us to believe. The GREAT ROBERT MENSAH and his friends includ ...
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Obuoba,I doubt your account too. It is factual the incident happened at a spot called CREDO at community 7 Tema. But it was not because of a girlfriend as you want us to believe. The GREAT ROBERT MENSAH and his friends including ISAAC MELFAH, UNCLE JOHN,UNCLE BOTWE(the two uncles were friends ),John and Botwe lived at community 7,C9&C11 while Robert was at C7 respectfully. It was a normal argument at AKPETESHI BAR that Robert pushed him(Melfah) over a hedge, from where he,Melfah, fell he picked a broken castoil bottle,stood behind the hedges and as Robert was about to come out he was attacked. ISAAC MELFAH died in Lagos,Nigeria after his prison term, he was knocked by an oncoming truck at COCONUT.
SENDERO 12 years ago

I have posted an account based on the court transcripts. it is called Isaac MELFAH and you can read it below

Please stop posting conspiracy theories and keep SIL a factual well-informed site

I have posted an account based on the court transcripts. it is called Isaac MELFAH and you can read it below

Please stop posting conspiracy theories and keep SIL a factual well-informed site
???? 12 years ago

Obuoba yours is the correct account of what happens and was later leant that the girl was the girlfriend of Isaac Malfah. Anybody could have easily done what Isaac did even though it was our hero who was stabbed. Dwarfs neve ...
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Obuoba yours is the correct account of what happens and was later leant that the girl was the girlfriend of Isaac Malfah. Anybody could have easily done what Isaac did even though it was our hero who was stabbed. Dwarfs never forgave Robert for leaving them and they put five goals in his post when they met Kotoko that league match and the newspaper has it captured 'Disappointed Golie' that Monday. Kotoko did revenge by beating Dwarfs 6-0. The next big story was when Hearts met Kotoko in Accra and it was soccer Prince Amartey who during a penalty kick told Robert where he will put the ball and he did just that and Robert clapped for him for two minutes. The newspapers once again captured it the next day ' The clapping Robert Mensah' Yes I have Some of the memorable Robert Mensah pictures and some of the memorable matches. May he rest in peace.
Rabon Zee 10 years ago

Your account is the whole truth

Your account is the whole truth
k.k.egbeomor 12 years ago

it was comm 7 not 4

it was comm 7 not 4
e akuteye 12 years ago

What happens to the killer?

What happens to the killer?
Kwesi, UK 12 years ago

The killer was his own friend Robert has sent from Cape Coast (Adisadel village) to Tema. The mother of the killer was called Maame Hannah and had a sister called Sedah. The killer was arrested, prosecuted and later released ...
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The killer was his own friend Robert has sent from Cape Coast (Adisadel village) to Tema. The mother of the killer was called Maame Hannah and had a sister called Sedah. The killer was arrested, prosecuted and later released (Actually, he did not meant stabbing Robert) but his life did not go well again.
agbala 12 years ago

You guys have done a great job patching all the pot holes! Can we extend this attitude to healing Ghana? We need some teamwork here, for mother Ghana.

You guys have done a great job patching all the pot holes! Can we extend this attitude to healing Ghana? We need some teamwork here, for mother Ghana.
SENDERO 12 years ago

Isaac Melfah was tried for the murder of Robert Mensah in 1972. The Court convicted him of manslaughter though as the prosecution was unable to prove Melfah's intent to commit murder. Thus the court was of the view that Melfa ...
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Isaac Melfah was tried for the murder of Robert Mensah in 1972. The Court convicted him of manslaughter though as the prosecution was unable to prove Melfah's intent to commit murder. Thus the court was of the view that Melfah had killed Robert (a fact Melfah did not dispute) but that it was in the heat of the moment

The prosecution had claimed that Melfah had attacked Robert's friend, Robert had intervened and had beaten Melfah. Melfah had then gone in to the Credo Bar, broken a bottle and had confronted Robert for a second time. There was a tussle and Melfah killed him

In Melfah's defense the argument was that although Melfah had got the bottle the witnesses say he had been attacked for a second time by Robert. Thus both were of some culpability. Robert should have walked from the scene having defended his friend and Melfah should have walked having realized Robert was more powerful than him

The case was appealed and the Appeal court slashed the sentence from about 8 years to 41/2 years on the grounds that given the circumstances the sentence was too harsh and that it was obvious the High Court had been swayed by Robert's popularity in handing down a sentence of 8 years for the offence.
I LOVE GHANA 12 years ago

ROBERT WAS A GREAT GOALKEEPER. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE. AMEN.

ROBERT WAS A GREAT GOALKEEPER. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE. AMEN.
I LOVE GHANA 12 years ago

KOTOKO IS AN INGRATE ENTITY. THEY USED ROBERT MENSAH AND REFUSED TO PAY HIM WHAT WAS DUE HIM. THAT LED ROBERT TO LEAVE CAMP AND EVENTUALLY MET HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN TEMA. KOTOKO MUST BE ASHAMED OF WHAT THEY DID TO ROBERT MENS ...
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KOTOKO IS AN INGRATE ENTITY. THEY USED ROBERT MENSAH AND REFUSED TO PAY HIM WHAT WAS DUE HIM. THAT LED ROBERT TO LEAVE CAMP AND EVENTUALLY MET HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN TEMA. KOTOKO MUST BE ASHAMED OF WHAT THEY DID TO ROBERT MENSAH.
Otoatuo 12 years ago

Please, check your account well and stop making noise. If you care read or research from Mr Ken Bediako,a well known sportswriter.

Please, check your account well and stop making noise. If you care read or research from Mr Ken Bediako,a well known sportswriter.
Oh-Andy -K 12 years ago

Did Rawlings and his cadres of AFRC/PNDC/NDC idiots pay or deliver what was promised the Black Stars fo winning the 1978 AFCON?

Did Rawlings and his cadres of AFRC/PNDC/NDC idiots pay or deliver what was promised the Black Stars fo winning the 1978 AFCON?
Kwaku Adjei 12 years ago

1978 was Acheampong's time. No Rawlings or AFRDC or PNDC

1978 was Acheampong's time. No Rawlings or AFRDC or PNDC
Kwame Asumeng 12 years ago

This is historic commentary of the legendary goalkeeper Robert Mensah. The whole text is exactly as I remember the details of Goalkeeper Number One. I watch Kumasi Cornerstone unravel the mystery of Goalkeeper Number One in K ...
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This is historic commentary of the legendary goalkeeper Robert Mensah. The whole text is exactly as I remember the details of Goalkeeper Number One. I watch Kumasi Cornerstone unravel the mystery of Goalkeeper Number One in Kumasi Sports Stadium and regain his magical feat during Englebert match with a great save of taking a ball off the feet of Kalala. (I had that picture). Andy Quao, please continue to report on this historical facts. It's great and nostalgic.
Kwame Angel 12 years ago

Ghanaweb and Andy Quao, thank you for that nice picture of Robert Mensah in his cap. Good journalism.

Ghanaweb and Andy Quao, thank you for that nice picture of Robert Mensah in his cap. Good journalism.
F Ghartey 12 years ago

I WAS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL FORM TWO WHEN HE DIED. I WAS A LOVER OF FOOTBALL AND SO FOLLOWED NANABANYIN's historic exploits with Dwarfs and Kotoko. I still Remember in my minds eye how he terrorized great attackers of the late ...
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I WAS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL FORM TWO WHEN HE DIED. I WAS A LOVER OF FOOTBALL AND SO FOLLOWED NANABANYIN's historic exploits with Dwarfs and Kotoko. I still Remember in my minds eye how he terrorized great attackers of the late sixties and early 70'S Including Kalala and Tsinabu of Englebert. I saw him in action at Siwdu Park and Winneba where Dwarfs had gone to play Simpa Odebikese in a match. Indeed it was in 1969 that he was for the first time voted Africa's number one goalkeeper after Black Stars lost to Sudan in the Africa Nations Cup final.In 1970 Ibrahim Sunday captain of Kotoko was voted the best player in Africa after Kotoko's Africa Cup Victory for the first time. In that year Robert was voted the second best player in Africa after Sunday, the midfield dynamo and hence still the best keeper in Africa. TO date ROBERT has no equal in the post in Ghana and probably Africa in my scientific opinion. MAY HE REST IN PEACE
Gigi 12 years ago

"Indeed, the climax of Robert Mensah’s master class emerged when in the dying minutes of this crunch grand finale after the Congolese have held Asante Kotoko to a goalless draw in first leg encounter at the Baba Yara Stadiu ...
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"Indeed, the climax of Robert Mensah’s master class emerged when in the dying minutes of this crunch grand finale after the Congolese have held Asante Kotoko to a goalless draw in first leg encounter at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi when he saved a penalty struck by the great Kalala of Englebert.

The Porcupine Warriors emerged victorious in the battle on an away-goal advantage to lift the 1970 edition of the Africa Clubs Championship"
The above statements in your report is not true. I was in secondary school at the time and I do remember this match.
The first leg in Kumasi ended 1-1 draw.
Kotoko won the second leg in Kinshasha by 2-1. Robert Mensah did not save the penalty, it went over the bar. The penalty taker was not Kalala, it was Kabobo. Please check your facts well.
Kwame Asumeng 12 years ago

Gigi is right in details but Andy was in general very historic. The ball was placed in the penalty box. Robert came out of the post to touch the ball and hit the ball three times with his cap. He went back to the post with ou ...
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Gigi is right in details but Andy was in general very historic. The ball was placed in the penalty box. Robert came out of the post to touch the ball and hit the ball three times with his cap. He went back to the post with out-stretch hands and Kabobo shot over the ball. Interestingly, Robert Mensah is the worst goalkeeper for the saving penalty kicks. Robert encounter with Kalala was pictured in the Sporting News under Oheneba Charles article which captured the image of Kotoko triumph in African cup.
Pelicles 12 years ago

I do not know what to say but Ghana will never have the types of Robert Mensah no more. He was the best.

I do not know what to say but Ghana will never have the types of Robert Mensah no more. He was the best.
Nyame Nipa 12 years ago

One thing more.The first leg in Kumasi was not goaless but 1-1.Abukari scored first with a header and Kalala equalized also with a beautiful header, causing Robert and the entire stadium to clap for Kalala.I was there that Su ...
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One thing more.The first leg in Kumasi was not goaless but 1-1.Abukari scored first with a header and Kalala equalized also with a beautiful header, causing Robert and the entire stadium to clap for Kalala.I was there that Sunday.
Kojo 12 years ago

Actually the penalty was taken by Tsinabu and not Kabobo. Before the kick, the Congolese complained of the black and white cap of Robert. In fact Robert removed the cap and placed it on the back of the goal post and beckoned ...
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Actually the penalty was taken by Tsinabu and not Kabobo. Before the kick, the Congolese complained of the black and white cap of Robert. In fact Robert removed the cap and placed it on the back of the goal post and beckoned Tsinabu to make the kick. His imposing personality in goal was enough to scare any player and thus Tsinabu kicked the ball miles over the bar to give Kotoko the victory. I watched every game that Robert played in Kumasi including all the African Club championship games. Robert was a fantastic goalkeeper and Ghana is yet to find a goalkeeper his quality to replace. But I must caution all those folks who are making those false, petty, and childish accusations against Kotoko and Asantes. Such people have no facts to base on. It's sad to make this statement against Robert though. He had an unfortunate human weakness of drinking. He also had an attitude towards authority that was not welcoming. Robert drank a lot even in Kumasi and sometimes on match days. He made his popularity eat into his head and had a large following of women and drinks. The Kotoko executives had difficulty restraining him. He got everything that was enshrined in his contract and even more. I am sorry to say this but Robert had some disciplinary issues. He nearly lost his number one spot to Ezel Mensah because of that. Kumasi and the whole of Ghana loved him so much. That is why to date, no person in Ghana has been accorded the type of respect he received during his funeral and burial. Aspiring soccer stars and celebrities in Ghana must take a cue from his untimely death. May his sould rest in perfect peace. He was indeed my admirer.
YOU AND I 12 years ago

The recent football contest between Ghana’s Black Meteors and the Nigerian Dream team was, in a way, a throwback to Ghana’s battles with the Congo, especially in the early seventies. There were allegations of substandard ...
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The recent football contest between Ghana’s Black Meteors and the Nigerian Dream team was, in a way, a throwback to Ghana’s battles with the Congo, especially in the early seventies. There were allegations of substandard accommodation, of refereeing ineptitude and hints of juju. Back then, however, the choice was not between a three star hotel and a four star one. It was between having a bed or just a table, as Asante Kotoko found out in the second leg of the final of the 1970 African Club Championship in Kinshasa against Tout Puissant Englebert.
TP Englebert had secured a 1-1 draw with Asante Kotoko in Kumasi and with no away-goal-rule at the time, needed to win the second leg outright to win the trophy. Asante Kotoko arrived in Kinshasa and were shocked to realize, that the accommodation reserved for them was a classroom block. There were armed soldiers loitering in the vicinity but they were not there for the protection of the players. They were there to ensure the team did not attempt to move away to another accommodation but would sleep on the tables and chairs in the classrooms and receive their fair share of mosquito bites. The Congolese are yet to confirm whether the mosquito-filled swamp at the back of the classroom was purpose-built for the benefit of Kotoko.
Asante Kotoko were led on the day of the match by Sunday Ibrahim and the team featured such great players like Malik Jabir, Abukari Gariba, Yaw Sam and Osei Kofi but the star of the side was undoubtedly, the enigmatic giant of a goalkeeper, Robert Mensah. Those who saw him in action still swear that Robert is the best goalkeeper they ever saw. His personal charisma and the fact that he died so young may yet have clouded people’s judgement to a degree but from all accounts, he was a genius in the post. Like all truly gifted people, however, he had his flaws and for Robert, this happened to be indiscipline. In fact, he was stabbed to death in “Credo” akpeteshie bar in Tema on a day when his team mates were in camp in Kumasi preparing for a continental game.
Asante Kotoko took the lead early in the game through “goal na mafefe” Abukari Gariba. Congolese strongman Kalala equalized before Englebert conceded a second goal, scored by Malik Jabir. When the referee whistled for a rather dubious penalty for Englebert in the last few minutes, with the score at 2-1, Coach Aggrey Fynn and other Kotoko officials decided to call their players off the pitch in protest against the blatant attempt at robbery. They protested vehemently to no avail until, to the surprise of all and sundry, Robert went up to the officials and pleaded with them to allow the game to go ahead. If there was any justice in the world, he said, it would not be beyond the realms of possibility for him, Robert, to save the day. When the officials finally gave in, Robert Mensah ran to the goalpost, took off his famous white cap and hit the cross bar and the two side posts with it. He put his cap back on, stood on the goal line, opened his arms wide and beckoned to Kakoko, the Congolese penalty expert, to shoot.
There had been simmering rumours about Robert Mensah’s cap and what it did or did not contain but things came to a head once he had started brandishing it as a “weapon” in the heat of battle. The Congolese complained to the referee about “the goalkeeper’s cap” and he ordered Robert to remove his cap before the penalty kick. There was a “volcanic eruption”. Robert Mensah was not about to remove his cap. That cap, a gift from his grandfather, a Cape Coast fetish priest, before he solemnly passed away, and which embodied the glorious spirits of his illustrious ancestors long gone was not about to be cast aside. That cap, his cherished companion in great battles for both Asante Kotoko and the Black Stars in countries far and wide without even the slightest hint of a complaint from anybody was not about to be cast aside at this crucial moment in the final of Africa’s premier club competition. Robert Mensah walked out of the goalpost while the referee shamelessly threatened to end the game in favour of Englebert.
The Asante Kotoko officials who only a short while earlier had been coerced by Robert to allow the game to on, now wished the game over and done with and quietly hoped the giant would change his mind. But who was going to be brave enough to say that to an angry Robert? Soon, an elderly man was seen scuttling down from the directors’ box and engaged in verbal exchanges with riffle-wielding solders who were trying to stop him from entering the pitch. He was the Kotoko president of the time, I.K. Moukerzel. He finally made it unto the pitch, sat by Robert and asked the angry goalkeeper to look him in the eye.
“Robert” he said “you know and I know, that we are being robbed here. But are we going to run away? No! Because that is not the Asante Kotoko way. If need be Robert, we should lose this cup fighting to the very last man.........”
Whether Robert was touched by this message or that he suddenly realized he could be losing the psychological battle will never be known. What is known is that, the great man suddenly leapt unto his feet, threw his cap angrily unto the pitch, run fiercely into the goal, spread out his long arms and beckoned to Kakoko once again to shoot.
Meanwhile, a small group of Congolese soldiers had, amidst cheers from the fans, picked up Robert’s cap with the tip of a bayonet, displaying it as a trophy. Officials of Asante Kotoko finally succeeded in retrieving it, but not before the soldiers had slashed through the inner lining of the cap in a desperate search for the elusive juju they believed was tucked away somewhere in there. Then silence.......! The long period of anticipation and the psychological intrigues had had its toll and one would have thought an earthquake had started, judging from the wobbly legs of Kakoko. It was no wonder, therefore, that he half-kicked the turf as he sent the ball miles over the bar. Asante Kotoko had won.
General Mobuto Sese Seko had had a difficult 5 years in power. By 1970, however, nearly all potential threats to his rule, including Patrice Lumumba, had been smashed. This year marked the pinnacle of Mobuto’s legitimacy and power. Even though Englebert had won the trophy before, Mobuto had been desperate for them to win the 1970 edition to raise the spirit of a depressed nation and serve as a comfortable springboard for future ambitions. Before handing the cup over to Sunday Ibrahim, he turned to his people, his face contorted in disappointment and sheer fury, “You Congolese,” he said “it is because of your foolishness that this cup is going to Ghana.”
Papa Appiah
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Kojo 12 years ago

Papa, your account of the game is excellent

Papa, your account of the game is excellent
peeeeeee 12 years ago

Did you copy this from a blog

Did you copy this from a blog
Kofi 12 years ago

If you did not see Robert in his prime, you have missed a lot. He was unique, magic, great, fantastic, handsome, etc. No one today comes close.

If you did not see Robert in his prime, you have missed a lot. He was unique, magic, great, fantastic, handsome, etc. No one today comes close.
Koo 12 years ago

I can still rememember Joe Lartey giving commentry on the match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko doing the grand opening of the Accra stadium with the newly installed Florecent lights. The scores was 1:1, ...
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I can still rememember Joe Lartey giving commentry on the match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko doing the grand opening of the Accra stadium with the newly installed Florecent lights. The scores was 1:1, I rememeber prince Amartey scored the Heats of Oak goal with a penalty kick. During that match, Robert Mensah was dubbed the wizard goalkeeper. Robert was the goalkeeper with the magnect hands that can attract the ball. I still remember the Joe Lartey commentry, I can still see the Robert Mensah in his cooling hat in goal doing wonders. May his soul rest in peace.
ben 12 years ago

such people have a short live.Naa Banyin we still love yoy.

such people have a short live.Naa Banyin we still love yoy.
Kojo B 12 years ago

Thanks so much for the story.Back then, I was very young and could not mourn. We only wished he recovered. As I read the article and recollected the song we use to sing about him, I shed some tears for this great son of Afric ...
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Thanks so much for the story.Back then, I was very young and could not mourn. We only wished he recovered. As I read the article and recollected the song we use to sing about him, I shed some tears for this great son of Africa. I entreat Asante Kotoko's present management to show some gesture of love and appreciation by blessing the family with some appreciable gift. If the old administration of Asante kotoko messed up, the current one can clean up the mess. I suggest a statue of this great keeper must be erected at the Baba Yara stadium.His famous hat and gloves must be at our museum. In fact we should celebrate such people who contribute to the growth and fame of our nation and not those who steal from it.
Kojo 12 years ago

Kojo B, you are speaking as if Kotoko did not do something for the family of Robert. You have no idea what Kotoko did for the family of the late Robert Mensah. I agree with your last statement that Kotoko could still do some ...
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Kojo B, you are speaking as if Kotoko did not do something for the family of Robert. You have no idea what Kotoko did for the family of the late Robert Mensah. I agree with your last statement that Kotoko could still do something more tangible in remembrance of Robert by raising a statute of some sort in his memory
Kojo 12 years ago

My eyes are full of tears as I read this informative but sad account of this great goalkeeper.I still recollect the song that Ghanaian girls composed after his untimely death: "Robert Mensah goal keeper number one,...
May h ...
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My eyes are full of tears as I read this informative but sad account of this great goalkeeper.I still recollect the song that Ghanaian girls composed after his untimely death: "Robert Mensah goal keeper number one,...
May his soul continue to rest in perfect peace
TWUM 12 years ago

Robert died at the GREDO BAR at Community 7. He was a very undisciplined player and died at an akpeteshie bar when Kotoko were preparing to play the club of the moment AKOSOMBO AKOTEX. The man who missed the penalty was not c ...
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Robert died at the GREDO BAR at Community 7. He was a very undisciplined player and died at an akpeteshie bar when Kotoko were preparing to play the club of the moment AKOSOMBO AKOTEX. The man who missed the penalty was not called Kalala. He was called Tinabu. Kalala was the top striker. The team was captained by Makelele the father of Claude Makelele the former Chelsea and France midfielder. Today the club is called TP Mazembe. Their goalkeeper, Kazadi Mwamba was the Africa NO. 1 @ the time. He was dethroned by Rober
Emma 12 years ago

I hope the photos of. Greats like Robert and Baba Yara are well kept. At some kind of. Hall of fame at GFA.

I hope the photos of. Greats like Robert and Baba Yara are well kept. At some kind of. Hall of fame at GFA.
Northern Concern 12 years ago

GHANA SOCCER HALL OF FAME:
Baba Yara, Robert Mensah, Nfum, Abukari....Abedi

GHANA SOCCER HALL OF FAME:
Baba Yara, Robert Mensah, Nfum, Abukari....Abedi
Emma 12 years ago

my brother please respect the dead.

my brother please respect the dead.
SHAIBOU ABDOULAI NOMBRE. TORINO,ITAL 12 years ago

MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.

MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

NOBODY LIVES FOR EVER.I WAS BLESSED AS A LITTLE KID TO SEE THE CASKET OF ROBERT MENSAH IN AN ARMY JEEP WHEN IT LANDED AT THE TAKORADI AIRFORCE BASE.
THE BODY WAS ACCOMPANIED BY OLIVER ACQUAH AND BRENYAH ON ITS WAY TO CAPE CO ...
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NOBODY LIVES FOR EVER.I WAS BLESSED AS A LITTLE KID TO SEE THE CASKET OF ROBERT MENSAH IN AN ARMY JEEP WHEN IT LANDED AT THE TAKORADI AIRFORCE BASE.
THE BODY WAS ACCOMPANIED BY OLIVER ACQUAH AND BRENYAH ON ITS WAY TO CAPE COAST FOR BURIAL.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINED TE STREETS OF TAKORADI TO WAVE TO ROBERT MENSAH AS THE LORD LEAD HIM HOME.
Al Hajj AAA Rashiid(OH.USA) 12 years ago

Princewilly please refresh my memory, was the body accompanied by Oliver Acquah and Clifford Odame or Brenya, I am very sure of Oliver Acquah but I thought it was Odame who came with Oliver because they were very great pals ...
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Princewilly please refresh my memory, was the body accompanied by Oliver Acquah and Clifford Odame or Brenya, I am very sure of Oliver Acquah but I thought it was Odame who came with Oliver because they were very great pals of Robert Mensah.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

ODAME WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE JEEP. I BELIEVE HE COULD NOT CONTROL HIS EMOTIONS OF THE SUDDEN LOSS OF ROBERT MENSAH.

ODAME WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE JEEP. I BELIEVE HE COULD NOT CONTROL HIS EMOTIONS OF THE SUDDEN LOSS OF ROBERT MENSAH.
Al Hajj AAA Rashiid(OH.USA) 12 years ago

Thank you so much Princewilly, OMG! Robert Mensah's death till date is one of the most painful deaths, I have had to contain, because it was so sudden and above all was preventable. I remember Ibrahim Sunday was so frustrated ...
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Thank you so much Princewilly, OMG! Robert Mensah's death till date is one of the most painful deaths, I have had to contain, because it was so sudden and above all was preventable. I remember Ibrahim Sunday was so frustrated he burst out saying Robert Mensah was so indisciplined, and that he was supposed to have been in Camp for an African Cup match or so.

Prince, you are so right because Oliver, Odame and Robert were then believed to be dope buddies. Nostalgic indeed.
Ba 12 years ago

Oh,Bobby we still love you,may the Almighty keep your soul perfectly.

Oh,Bobby we still love you,may the Almighty keep your soul perfectly.
BARIMAH KWAME,OSL 12 years ago

Oh, Robert
we still remember and love you.May Almighty keep your soul perfectly.

Oh, Robert
we still remember and love you.May Almighty keep your soul perfectly.
Nyame Nipa 12 years ago

Wonderful piece Andy,we all miss Bob a lot.There are few facts I still remember to correct.It was Zinabu who shot the penalty but it went over the bar.Kotoko's semi-final before meeting Englebert was against Ismailiya of Egyp ...
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Wonderful piece Andy,we all miss Bob a lot.There are few facts I still remember to correct.It was Zinabu who shot the penalty but it went over the bar.Kotoko's semi-final before meeting Englebert was against Ismailiya of Egypt and not Young Africans.His conceding 3 goals to Conners was due to some dissension among the Kotoko defenders due to the amount involved to get Bob to Kumasi and not due to poor goalkepping. I know others can add more but this is what I remember.
JAH 12 years ago

THE GOOD DIE YOUNG

THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
lipualipua 12 years ago

Aaaaah, I remember the final of that African Club Championship match in Zaire. With the time rapidly winding down and the match tied 1-1 ( which was going to make Kotoko the champions on an away goal superiority) the referee ...
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Aaaaah, I remember the final of that African Club Championship match in Zaire. With the time rapidly winding down and the match tied 1-1 ( which was going to make Kotoko the champions on an away goal superiority) the referee signalled for a penalty that Kotoko defender Odame had supposedly committed. Odame literally wailed - crying at the top of his lungs, with his hand beating the ground repeatedly. But justice prevailed when Tsinabu mised the penalty - I believe he shot over the bar or Robert Mensah parried the ball away. This piece by Andy Quao made me reach for and play a Zairean CD extolling the exploits of Kalala and Tsinabu. Indeed, those were the days.
JH New York 12 years ago

Robert Mensah was the greatest goal keeper who ever lived. And no goal keeper in the world to this day was equal to his standard.
May his Soul,rest in peace.
The drinking spot was at Community 7.

Robert Mensah was the greatest goal keeper who ever lived. And no goal keeper in the world to this day was equal to his standard.
May his Soul,rest in peace.
The drinking spot was at Community 7.
Nana Kwame Antwi 12 years ago

I am challenging you to tell the truth. What actually happened before he embarked to Tema? THE TRUTH!!!

I am challenging you to tell the truth. What actually happened before he embarked to Tema? THE TRUTH!!!
Kwame Poison 12 years ago

My brother said, this story was told at a spot in Maroko,a suburb of Lagos.Melfa happened to be there`and as this story was unfolded,Melfah sneaked out unnoticed.He said,a Tema guy who was around revealed his identity.

My brother said, this story was told at a spot in Maroko,a suburb of Lagos.Melfa happened to be there`and as this story was unfolded,Melfah sneaked out unnoticed.He said,a Tema guy who was around revealed his identity.
PHOBIA-PHOBIA--Leeds 12 years ago

I think BK Edusei and Kotoko were also dodgy in this Robert affair.We've missed him but let's hope that Fatau Dauda would be like him in Egypt and Brazil.

I think BK Edusei and Kotoko were also dodgy in this Robert affair.We've missed him but let's hope that Fatau Dauda would be like him in Egypt and Brazil.
Kojo 12 years ago

Thanks to the writer! Great story! Great memories! Robert Mensah was the best: not just Ghana's No. 1 at the time, but Africa's No.1 We used to call him "Yashin", after the great Russian goalkeeper.

Thanks to the writer! Great story! Great memories! Robert Mensah was the best: not just Ghana's No. 1 at the time, but Africa's No.1 We used to call him "Yashin", after the great Russian goalkeeper.
KOFI DUNCAN 12 years ago

42years ROBERT MENSAH WAS STABBED AT COMMUNITY 7 NEAR THE VALCO PARK ON AN SV NEAR THE CREDO BAR .HE WAS LIVING AT C ROAD AND I LIVED AT D ROAD .FORMER GEORGE ALHASSAN WAS ALSO LIVING AT THE POLICE QUARTERS .THIS IS POINT OF ...
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42years ROBERT MENSAH WAS STABBED AT COMMUNITY 7 NEAR THE VALCO PARK ON AN SV NEAR THE CREDO BAR .HE WAS LIVING AT C ROAD AND I LIVED AT D ROAD .FORMER GEORGE ALHASSAN WAS ALSO LIVING AT THE POLICE QUARTERS .THIS IS POINT OF CORRECTION EVEN ROBERTS BROTHER STILL LIVES THERE ON C ROAD NAMELY UNCLE TETTEY AND APACHEDOOO WHO WAS A SAILOR AND I WAS VERY YOUNG ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD STILL REMEMBERS .MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE
KATAKYIE OF ST. LUKE HOUSE 12 years ago

ROBERT MENSAH DIDN'T WANT TO STAY IN KUMASI IN SPITE OF ALL PERSUASIONS FROM B K EDUSEI.HE CAUSED HIS DEATH NOT KOTOKO

ROBERT MENSAH DIDN'T WANT TO STAY IN KUMASI IN SPITE OF ALL PERSUASIONS FROM B K EDUSEI.HE CAUSED HIS DEATH NOT KOTOKO
Koo the boy 12 years ago

Robert was great goalkeeper

Robert was great goalkeeper
ras gee 12 years ago

great work...good story told well
may his soul rest in absolute peace

great work...good story told well
may his soul rest in absolute peace
DR. KWABENA ASANTE 12 years ago

I may sound stupid but from al indications, as narrated by the author, if Kotoko had honored him with their promise, Robert wouldn't have left camp, frustratingly, to Tema where he was stabbed. Am l making sense here? Just jo ...
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I may sound stupid but from al indications, as narrated by the author, if Kotoko had honored him with their promise, Robert wouldn't have left camp, frustratingly, to Tema where he was stabbed. Am l making sense here? Just joking anyway. Don't take me serious. I guess it was his fate to die by that circumstance. Period!
CONCERN 12 years ago

GOD PLEASE HELP HIM WHERE EVER HE MAY BE ,TEARS NEVER STOPPED WHEN I HEARD OF HIS DEATH AS I WAS A YOUNG BOY AND FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTIC . I CAN REMEMBER HIM WITH HIS ROUND CAP AND HIS BALL AT BREAST AS HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AS C ...
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GOD PLEASE HELP HIM WHERE EVER HE MAY BE ,TEARS NEVER STOPPED WHEN I HEARD OF HIS DEATH AS I WAS A YOUNG BOY AND FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTIC . I CAN REMEMBER HIM WITH HIS ROUND CAP AND HIS BALL AT BREAST AS HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AS COVER STORY IN THE GRAPHIC NEWS PAPER
CONCERN 12 years ago

A GOOD SON WHO WILL NOT CRY FOR HIM , NOT LIKE MAHAMA WHO IS CHOPING GHANA MONEY NYAFUNYAFU

A GOOD SON WHO WILL NOT CRY FOR HIM , NOT LIKE MAHAMA WHO IS CHOPING GHANA MONEY NYAFUNYAFU
Grand mufti 12 years ago

crazy tribalist. Go back to MALI Mu fri Mali munko ho

crazy tribalist. Go back to MALI Mu fri Mali munko ho
AWUNABRONI 12 years ago

I WAS IN FORM ONE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ROBERT'S BODY WAS TAKEN TOUND FROM KUMASI TO TAKORADI AND ARRIVED CAPE COAST ON A RAINY NIGHT, LED BY THE LARGEST NUMBER OF MOTOR CYCLES YOU EVER SAW. HIS MENTOR, MASTER OTWE OF CAPE COAS ...
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I WAS IN FORM ONE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ROBERT'S BODY WAS TAKEN TOUND FROM KUMASI TO TAKORADI AND ARRIVED CAPE COAST ON A RAINY NIGHT, LED BY THE LARGEST NUMBER OF MOTOR CYCLES YOU EVER SAW. HIS MENTOR, MASTER OTWE OF CAPE COAST AND DWARF'S COACH, WAS MY MATH AND LATIN TEACHER AT ST. AUGUSTINES. THE NEXT DAY, A GARGANTUAN QUEUE LINED UP AROUND BAKANO TO SEE ROBERT'S BODY LAID OUT IN CAPE COAST TOWN HALL.EVERYBODY WAS IN RED AND BLACK. AFTER WAITING FOR HOURS AND HOURS, I GOT CLOSE TO THE GATE OF THE TOWN HALL, WEDGED BETWEEN TWO SITH FORM SENIORS, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN PUIBLISHED THSAT NO CHILDREN WERE ALLOWED. I WAS TINY AT 13. AT THE GATE, AN ARMED SOLDIER SAID'HEY! YOU'RE TOO SMALL' THEN PUSHED ME OUT OF THE GATE. I NEVER SAW THE LEGEND LAID OUT. LATER, HE WAS BURIED AT QUEEN ANNES POINT, CAPE COAST EVEN THOUGH KOTOKO HAD WANTED TO MEMORIALIZE HIM IN KUMASI. FOR A LONG TIME, A WOODEN INSCRIPTION STOOD ON HIS GRAVE: HERE LIES AFRICA'S NO. 1 GOALKEEPER, ROBERT MENSAH.' THE SUN AND THE RAIN DESTROYED THIS, AND WITH TIME, ROBERT'S GRAVE GOT LOST. NOW, THE SITE IS A HOUSING ESTATE. THIS IS HOW GHANA EULOGISES HER HEROES. MAY ROBERT MENSAH REST IN PERFECT PEACE.
Grand mufti 12 years ago

Undoubtedly ROBERT MENSAH was a great son of Africa. I believe he was a Fanti not Asante. Asantes who are from Mali break promises.

Rest in peace RM Robert Mensah.

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Undoubtedly ROBERT MENSAH was a great son of Africa. I believe he was a Fanti not Asante. Asantes who are from Mali break promises.

Rest in peace RM Robert Mensah.

Asantes must finally go back to MALI where they come from and leave us in peace in GHANA
moses ayivor 12 years ago

To me Robert is the best in the World
During his time. since then I have not seen
goalkeeper like him

To me Robert is the best in the World
During his time. since then I have not seen
goalkeeper like him
Kwabena Asante 12 years ago

What a stinker MAY ROBERT'S SOUL REST IN PERPETUAL PEACE

What a stinker MAY ROBERT'S SOUL REST IN PERPETUAL PEACE
Agyaaku 12 years ago

Please Robert Mensah did not save that Kalala penalty kick. The man blew it over the bar. Robert was a goalkeeper in his own class.

Please Robert Mensah did not save that Kalala penalty kick. The man blew it over the bar. Robert was a goalkeeper in his own class.
Al Hajj AAA Rashiid(OH.USA) 12 years ago

If you guys are talking about the Kinsasha penalty then Agyaaku you are right, the ball went way, I mean over the bar, far above the post. And the player who took it was not Kalala, but TSINABU pronounced(CHI~NAA~BU)

If you guys are talking about the Kinsasha penalty then Agyaaku you are right, the ball went way, I mean over the bar, far above the post. And the player who took it was not Kalala, but TSINABU pronounced(CHI~NAA~BU)
Big Fan 12 years ago

If I recall correctly, the scores were 1-1 in Kumasi and 1-0 to Kotoko in Kinshasa with Malik Jabir scoring the winning goal. Kalala equalized for Engelbert from a free kick in Kumasi but I don't recall who scored for Kotoko ...
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If I recall correctly, the scores were 1-1 in Kumasi and 1-0 to Kotoko in Kinshasa with Malik Jabir scoring the winning goal. Kalala equalized for Engelbert from a free kick in Kumasi but I don't recall who scored for Kotoko in that first leg.
kofi 12 years ago

may his soul rest i peace

may his soul rest i peace
Tackyi, Cape Coast 12 years ago

That Robert was good goalkeeper there was no doubt about it. But the true story was that Robert slapped Kwesi Melfah, thus provoking Melfah to stab Robert with the broken bottle.

He was a tall well-built figure. He frustra ...
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That Robert was good goalkeeper there was no doubt about it. But the true story was that Robert slapped Kwesi Melfah, thus provoking Melfah to stab Robert with the broken bottle.

He was a tall well-built figure. He frustrated Dwarfs and cause the team to fall, hence his demise.
patrick 12 years ago

no picture of him

no picture of him
Aboakesse 12 years ago

Please why don't you show his picture, because not all of as know him.
Robert Mensah,may your soul R.I.P

Please why don't you show his picture, because not all of as know him.
Robert Mensah,may your soul R.I.P
Yaw 12 years ago

You got most of your facts wrong.The first leg against Englebert in Kumasi ended in a 1-1 draw and it was Tsunabu and not Kalala who missed the penalty.
Why do we have these continuous falsehood publication on this forum?

You got most of your facts wrong.The first leg against Englebert in Kumasi ended in a 1-1 draw and it was Tsunabu and not Kalala who missed the penalty.
Why do we have these continuous falsehood publication on this forum?
Mavado 12 years ago

It was Kakoko who took the penalty because Kalala the captain was afraid. Years later he said that at the point of the kick he closed his eyes before he kicking the ball hence miles over the bar. He only realised he did not s ...
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It was Kakoko who took the penalty because Kalala the captain was afraid. Years later he said that at the point of the kick he closed his eyes before he kicking the ball hence miles over the bar. He only realised he did not score because of the gasp or near silence in the stadium.
koo frank 12 years ago

oh what a sad story. He wz a great man. May he rest in perfect peace

oh what a sad story. He wz a great man. May he rest in perfect peace
Dwarfs Abontsua Abontsua 12 years ago

ROBERT MENSAH HAD CAT'S BLOOD RUNNING THROUGH HIS VEINS, HENCE THE GOALKEEPING ANTICS

ROBERT MENSAH HAD CAT'S BLOOD RUNNING THROUGH HIS VEINS, HENCE THE GOALKEEPING ANTICS
,,,,,,,, 12 years ago

Duke.We have lost a lot.there were some opponent who were celebrating the death of our two dear hero's but we have forgiven them after all we all will take that journey BaBa/Robert sleep well.we are calling to play with us in ...
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Duke.We have lost a lot.there were some opponent who were celebrating the death of our two dear hero's but we have forgiven them after all we all will take that journey BaBa/Robert sleep well.we are calling to play with us in Egypt.
Koomanu 12 years ago

Good story but GRAPHIC SPORTS proof reading the story is a must. First correction Air Force for that matter 'Airmen' do not serve with the Army. The Air Force,Navy and the Army are desperate departments . They combine to for ...
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Good story but GRAPHIC SPORTS proof reading the story is a must. First correction Air Force for that matter 'Airmen' do not serve with the Army. The Air Force,Navy and the Army are desperate departments . They combine to form the Ghana Armed Forces!!!
Second observation , you with the Prisons Service and not at the Prisons Service.
peeeeeee 12 years ago

Desperate or separate.can be working with prison services or working at a specific branch of prison services

Desperate or separate.can be working with prison services or working at a specific branch of prison services
Historian 12 years ago

Kalala shot the late penalty kick OVER THE BAR. Robert Mensah did not save it.

Kalala shot the late penalty kick OVER THE BAR. Robert Mensah did not save it.
Eviess 12 years ago

After this incident,Melfa iremember was inpreson for 8 years. Is he still in prison. who can answer me ?

After this incident,Melfa iremember was inpreson for 8 years. Is he still in prison. who can answer me ?
Kwame K. USA 12 years ago

I was seven yrs and a member of the Cub Scouts that used to be the ballboys at that time. My mom didn't allow me to be ballboy on the day of his funeral due to the uncontrolled crowd at the KSS, she rather held my hands and t ...
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I was seven yrs and a member of the Cub Scouts that used to be the ballboys at that time. My mom didn't allow me to be ballboy on the day of his funeral due to the uncontrolled crowd at the KSS, she rather held my hands and that of my 5yr old brother. It was very emotional seeing his casket on the sidelines and all the players from various teams accross the country scrimagging. Young girls started singing praises with his name on play grounds(Robert Mensah goalkeeper number one)etc,etc
Fi 12 years ago

That was goalkeeping at its best. God bless your soul

That was goalkeeping at its best. God bless your soul
GHANA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12 years ago

a very beautiful story but a sad ending.Robert Mensah the great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a very beautiful story but a sad ending.Robert Mensah the great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Papa kweku 12 years ago

He was the greatest. i had the opportunity to watch Bob and his antics.

He was the greatest. i had the opportunity to watch Bob and his antics.
Media Mogul 12 years ago

If I remember right, Robert didn't save that crucial penalty. Kalala put the ball over the bar! And we used to say that Kalala was so frightened of Robert Mensah in the posts that he was forced to put the ball over the bar... ...
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If I remember right, Robert didn't save that crucial penalty. Kalala put the ball over the bar! And we used to say that Kalala was so frightened of Robert Mensah in the posts that he was forced to put the ball over the bar...

Can anybody correct me here?

This article may have been written by someone who wasn't born then or was too young.

His death was a huge shock to ALL Ghanaians even those who were not interested in soccer!!!
Fafranta 12 years ago

This is how I also remember the story. That Kalala put the ball over the bar. I cannot confirm because I was only 6 years old at the time

This is how I also remember the story. That Kalala put the ball over the bar. I cannot confirm because I was only 6 years old at the time
Fafranta 12 years ago

Nice account of a sad event. What happended to Isaac Melfah? Was he ever charged? Where is he now?

Nice account of a sad event. What happended to Isaac Melfah? Was he ever charged? Where is he now?
Egya Nda 12 years ago

Oneneba Charles, of Sporting News fame, please if you are alive let's read your article 'Robert died in my absence"

Oneneba Charles, of Sporting News fame, please if you are alive let's read your article 'Robert died in my absence"
ASHALLEY 12 years ago

I was in Secondary School in the days of this great Goalkeeper, Robert Mensah. There is no goalkeeper as agile and charismatic. The more he was hated by opponents the more they were admired him for his skills. I was not a Kot ...
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I was in Secondary School in the days of this great Goalkeeper, Robert Mensah. There is no goalkeeper as agile and charismatic. The more he was hated by opponents the more they were admired him for his skills. I was not a Kotoko supporter but his skills made me watch Kotoko matches.

One more thing which I think no one has remembered yet is that at the time of his death Kotoko was to play Accra Great Olympics in an African Cup duel. His death a few days before the match brought a lot of tension. Olympics had then beaten, Abalouyah of Kenya 3-1 and MMM of Mouritania 7-0 and had an unbeaten record. Kotoko Supporters threatened Olympics that whoever scored a goal would pay with his life. In the match in Accra that day Peter Lamptey who was the main Striker was so reluctant that the Veteran Play Maker and Captain, Jones Attukweifio went ahead solo to score the first goal.

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