Africa-Press – Ghana. Football analysts and enthusiasts on Monday expressed their displeasure about the poor security provision at the Professor Amoah Koromansah II stadium, the home grounds of the Nsoatreman Football Club (FC).
They said the location of the stadium, situated at Twumasikrom, near Nsoatre in the Sunyani West Municipality, was not best to host the premier league matches due to security inferences.
In an interview at Sunyani, the fans suggested to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to consider the relocation of the Nsoatreman FC’s home grounds.
The interview was in reaction to the death of a supporter of the Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC, identified as Francis Frimpong popularly known ‘Pooley,’ who was allegedly stabbed during the ‘Day 19’ premier league encounter between the two clubs.
The press team learnt that the sad incident happened on Sunday February 02, 2025, following a misunderstanding between some supporters of the two clubs, after the match held at the Professor Amoah Koromansah II stadium at Twumasikrom.
“In fact, security at the stadium is very poor. Spectators and fans are not safe because the stadium’s location is not good and obscure as well”, a sports analyst Yaw Kusi Appiah stated.
Ms. Vida Antwiwaa, one of the fans, said “I have been complaining about its location of the stadium anytime I visit the place, because if anything happens it will be difficult for people to escape,” she stated and condemned the violent attack and stabbing of the deceased.
Meanwhile, some of the fans attributed the aggressiveness of some club supporters partly to sports betting, that had ‘eaten’ into the premier league and local matches in the country.
They called on the GFA to do something, noting that sport betting was ‘destroying’ Ghana football.
“Most of the local supporters are interested in the matches just to win their bets, and when they lose, they become offensive and aggressive,” Ahmed Ibrahim, a taxi driver and football fan stated.
Stephen Ayensu, a teacher and sports analyst, sharing his view on the issue, said “until we do away with betting, it will be very difficult to promote the growth and development of local football”.
He said Ghana’s local football was still young and if the GFA allowed betting to take over, it cannot develop the sport as expected because most genuine football fans, were beginning to lose interest in watching matches under such a system.
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