Kotoko reveal plans to raise $800,000 for Africa campaign

Posted On Tuesday, 25th September 2012

Kotoko reveal plans to raise $800,000 for African campaign

Kotoko's African campiagn chairman Jerry Asare

By Ameenu Shardow

Asante Kotoko have outlined a series of events to raise the required $800,000 to aid their campaign in next season’s CAF Champions League.

The Ghana Premier League champions are looking to make a huge impact in the competition following the relative success of Berekum Chelsea in this year’s edition.

The whooping amount will take care of all team expenses which includes transport, accommodation, player bonuses and other logistics from the preliminary stages all the way to the final.

Kotoko’s sub-committee on their African Champions League campaign have outlined a series of events including a fund-raising ball and supporters contribution initiatives to raise the money which will drive this ambition.

“We need this money for our African campaign,” chairman of the committee Jerry Asare told GHANAsoccernet.com.

“This money takes care of all the expenses from the preliminary stage to the finals.

“We have to raise this money and one thing we are seriously pursuing is corporate sponsorship and fund raising events.

“We will be calling upon our fans to contribute towards our team’s success in Africa.

“We don’t want to be caught pants down in terms of finances when the competition starts hence our decision to move in now before the competition begins.”

Kotoko were less impressive in their last African campaign and are more poised this term to succeed following Chelsea’s exploits in the competition despite their inability to get past the group stage.

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READERS COMMENTS

Viper says:

September 25, 2012 at 10:33 am

Its about time clubs behave like professionals.Kotoko play in Kumasi Sports Stadium.whats the capacity? multiply that by at least 5000 Ghana cedis, now how much can Kotoko or Hearts recoup after every match? certainly, the trick will be enticing fans into the stadia,you can do this by providing easily accessible and affordable tickets, why not have tickets offices where fans can buy tickets anytime for any match match??? Kotoko and Hearts have dedicated and passionate and a huge fan base like any top fotball club in the world and yet cannot tap into this to make them a model in Ghana and African football.come on where is our thinking caps???

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- fuseini agona asamang says:
  
  September 25, 2012 at 2:39 pm
  
  am very mach disapointed with kotoko for raising dis amount of money for africa.
  
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GH FUO, THINK BIG!!! says:

September 25, 2012 at 3:44 pm

SOMETIMES, I FEEL ASHAMED TO CALL MYSELF A KOTOKO FAN. NUFF SAID! DONT CALL ON ME TO CONTRIBUTE. U PPL ARE DUMB IDIOTS. IN THIS DAY AND AGE, U DONT EVEN HAVE A CLUB STADIUM. U DONT HAVE A CLUB RADIO STATION, CLUB TV, NO MERCHANSISE STORES. WAT CREDIBLE BUSINESS DOES KOTOKO HAVE IN GH? LOOK AT THIS BIG NAME N POPULAR BRAND U HAVE KNOWN ALL OVER AFRICA, N THE WORLD, N YET U DONT EVEN KNOW WAT TO DO WITH IT.HOW MANY PRE SEASON FRIENDLIES HAVE U PLAYED OUTSIDE GH,IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING CAF COMPETITION? LOOK AT HOW EPL CLUBS GO TO CANADA, US, ASIA, S AFRICA N PLAY PRESEASON FRIENDLIES? LOOK AT THE NEW FANS THEY MAKE IN THESE PLACES, THE NEW JERSEYS THEY SELL, THE GATE FEES THEY COLLECT FROM HIGH CURRENCY NATIONS. U HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO ALL THIS BUT U CHOOSE TO THINK LIKE DWARFS, AND U ARE CALLING FOR MY SUPPORT? HOW MANY NON GH OR FOREIGN PLAYERS DO U HAVE PLAYING ON THE TEAM TO HELP U ACHIEVE YOUR CAF GTROPHY DREAM? ANY NAIJA, CAMEROONIAN, SENEGALESE, N AFRICA, EAST AFRICAN, BRASILIAN PLAYERS ON THE TEAM?

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GH FUO, THINK BIG!!! says:

September 25, 2012 at 3:48 pm

SOMETIMES, I FEEL ASHAMED TO CALL MYSELF A KOTOKO FAN. NUFF SAID! DONT CALL ON ME TO CONTRIBUTE. U PPL ARE DUMB IDIOTS. IN THIS DAY AND AGE, U DONT EVEN HAVE A CLUB STADIUM. U DONT HAVE A CLUB RADIO STATION, CLUB TV, NO MERCHANSISE STORES. WAT CREDIBLE BUSINESS DOES KOTOKO HAVE IN GH? LOOK AT THIS BIG NAME N POPULAR BRAND U HAVE KNOWN ALL OVER AFRICA, N THE WORLD, N YET U DONT EVEN KNOW WAT TO DO WITH IT.HOW MANY PRE SEASON FRIENDLIES HAVE U PLAYED OUTSIDE GH,IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING CAF COMPETITION? LOOK AT HOW EPL CLUBS GO TO CANADA, US, ASIA, S AFRICA N PLAY PRESEASON FRIENDLIES? LOOK AT THE NEW FANS THEY MAKE IN THESE PLACES, THE NEW JERSEYS THEY SELL, THE GATE FEES THEY COLLECT FROM HIGH CURRENCY NATIONS. U HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO ALL THIS BUT U CHOOSE TO THINK LIKE DWARFS, AND U ARE CALLING FOR MY SUPPORT? HOW MANY NON GH OR FOREIGN PLAYERS DO U HAVE PLAYING ON THE TEAM TO HELP U ACHIEVE YOUR CAF TROPHY DREAM? ANY NAIJA, CAMEROONIAN, SENEGALESE, N AFRICA, EAST AFRICAN, BRASILIAN PLAYERS ON THE TEAM? IF YOU DONT EMULATE WAT THESE EPL CLUBS ARE DOING LIKE LIVERPOOL, CHELSEA, MAN U, U WILL END UP AS A BUY N SELL CLUB. I MEAN AFTER ALL THESE YRS, U MEAN TO TELL ME OTUMFUOR, WHO IS BUSY BUYING MANSIONS IN S AFRIC AN THE UK. CANT EVEN FIND LAND SOMEWHERE IN KUMASI N BUILD A 50GRAND SEATER CLUB STADIUM? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! HOW MANY ROYALS DO U SEE BUYING OR BUILDING MANSIONS IN GH? YET, OTUMFUOR HAS ENUFF MNEY TO GO OUTSIDE GH N BUY EXPENSIVE MANSIONS N PAY HUGE PROPERTY TAXES THAT BENEFIT THE ECONOMIES OF THESE NATIONS….ISNT HE THE LIFE PATRON OF THE CLUB?

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Maxwell Johnson says:

September 25, 2012 at 9:10 pm

This Fabu team never cease to amaze me, they think they can win the CCL with this mediocre players? They should keep on dreaming lol.

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kay says:

September 25, 2012 at 10:44 pm

Kotoko are known of doing natin in africa competions. Dey jxt kip on wasting otumfours money. HEARTS have conquered africa b4 but can’t. I pity Kotoko.

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