Gyawu: May 9 game should be between feuding clubs
Posted On Wednesday, 9th May 2012
Hearts-Kotoko May 9 commemorative game failed to materialize this year
By Ameenu Shardow
Operations Manager of Aduana Stars George Gyawu suggests the May 9 disaster commemorative game should be played between two feuding clubs to promote unity.
Ghana football was struck by the death of 127 people who attended a Premier League game between giants Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko at the Accra Sports Stadium on May 9, 2001.
The unfortunate incident is commemorated every year to remind all of the consequences and effects of hooliganism in football.
A one-off friendly game is supposed to be played between Hearts and Kotoko as part of the events to mark the anniversary of the May 9 disaster as prescribed by the commitee which looked into the happenings of the tragedy.
But Gyawu says the essence of this friendly could be best used to promote peace between two feuding clubs.
“I believe the main aim of the May 9 friendly is to promote peace,” he said.
“Therefore I think it can be used on a wider scale to promote peace between two teams who appear to have bad blood existing between them as a way of bringing peace.
“It can be a preventive measure rather than we waiting for the feud between the teams to generate into another disaster.”
The two clubs; Hearts and Kotoko were however unable to honour this year’s recommended friendly match.
It was replaced by a friendly between the national U-17 team (the Black Starlets) and the U-20 side (the Black Satelites).
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Good words by Mr Gyau. The club from Kumasi has over the years expressed its readiness to play those commemorative matches to honor the dead and help raise some funds to support the bereaved families. Whilst the club from the capital city has cynically employed many unjustifiable excuses to reject these commemorative matches, refusing to play the Kumasi club for fear of defeats. A case in point was what happened at the Accra sports stadium some two seasons ago when the capital city based club sacked their coach just because the Kumasi based club used its youth team to beat the capital city’s senior team, and ever since, the capital city’s club has used many excuses not to honor the commemorative match like what happened last year when fans packed to capacity at the Accra Sports Stadium were disappointed when the accra based club for fear of imminent defeat at the hands of Kotoko, the accra club had to cynically field an entire team of old-men and women to face Kotoko and then abandoned the game claiming their team is not capable of playing against Kotoko, citing Kotoko had fielded a strong squad. I think Mr Gyau should speak to those using cynical excuses inorder not to honour such matches to desist from such acts.
Useless talk who’s afraid of who? I was expecting u to be bold and mention names. Anyway the accra club is led and folowed by civilise people who think b4 they opon their mounth.