Elmina Sharks cry foul
Division One club, Elmina Sharks, are calling on football authorities to annul their week three league match against Gold Stars last Sunday at the Bibiani park.
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The match ended 1-1 but the Sharks are demanding the three points and three goals.
They condemned an alleged violent behaviour of the fans and officials of Gold Stars, describing it as unsporting and a dent on the image of modern football.
A protest to the Division One League (DOL) board signed by the General Manager of the club, George Wiredu, said, “We wish to state that the results should have been 0–1 in favour of Elmina Sharks FC and that for fear of our lives, coupled with the police admission that they could not guarantee our safety, the officials were compelled to extend the added time and award a penalty unduly to Gold Stars to equalise.”
The statement, which was sighted by the Daily Graphic, called on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to place a ban on the Bibiani park as a DOL centre and declare Elmina Sharks winner.
“By the 44th minute, our player, Benjamin Tweneboah, in Jersey No. 11, scored the first goal of the game and as he celebrated his goal, he was hit with a stone and a slab and he immediately collapsed”.
Tweneboah, together with the PRO of the club, Richard Arthur, who was also hit with an object, were rushed to the Bibiani Goldfields Hospital but even in that state, they were pursued by the Gold Stars fans to the hospital,” he recounted.
The statement further said one of the assistant referees, Aaron Churcher, was also hit with stones, and further warned that if he discontinued officiating, he would be subjected to a worse punishment.
