{"id":18825,"date":"2022-04-18T11:50:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/jerome-otchere-writes-bekoes-record-is-gone"},"modified":"2022-04-18T12:17:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:17:26","slug":"jerome-otchere-writes-bekoes-record-is-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/jerome-otchere-writes-bekoes-record-is-gone","title":{"rendered":"Jerome Otchere writes: Bekoe\u2019s record is gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Before I\u2019m accused of celebrating (I don\u2019t believe there\u2019s anything to celebrate), note that I derive no joy from ex-Asante Kotoko striker, Eric Bekoe\u2019s league-goal record being equaled and very likely to be broken by Cameroonian, Frank Etuoga Mbella.<\/p>\n

Ours is at times an illiterate, ignorant society, where people can impute wrongdoing anyhow without understanding the issue on board. So, this clarity is important. Having had the privilege to work or write for Kotoko half my entire life, developments such as the subject of this piece, evoke memories and also nudge me to write.<\/p>\n

In the 2007\/08 season, when Bekoe thrilled us with superb goals in and outside the Ghana Premier League (GPL), scoring 42 goals; 17 in 24 league appearances; I didn\u2019t believe a Kotoko player will emerge to unseat him. I\u2019m neither na\u00efve nor negative.<\/p>\n

Given how long it\u2019d taken before Bekoe emerged to script his amazing goal notes, it was only fair and assumptive to think that, we would wait a decade more for another Eric Bekoe. Alex Asamoah attempted Bekoe\u2019s feat the following season. He was only a goal away from 17. Besides, he wasn\u2019t impressive as Bekoe so he didn\u2019t grab news headlines.<\/p>\n

Before Bekoe, Thomas Boakye alias \u201cZion Train\u201d was Kotoko and the GPL’s top scorer in the 1990\/91 season. Prince Adu Poku had 12 goals as Kotoko\u2019s top scorer, not the league\u2019s lead scorer in the 1997\/98 season. It would be a near two-decade interval before a Kotoko striker wears the goal king crown \u2013 Eric Bekoe.<\/p>\n

After Alex Asamoah\u2019s 16 goals in the 2008\/09 season, Nathaniel Asamoah (11); Amed Toure (12) and Dauda Mohammed (9) tried to win the goal king crown as Kotoko players. They couldn\u2019t. Cameroonian striker, Frank E. Mbella with 17 goals, is on course to be goal king \u2014 13 years since a Kotoko player last won it.<\/p>\n

My interest now isn\u2019t why it\u2019s taken us that long not to produce a likely goal king. My objective is to highlight Mbella\u2019s fine effort and why he shouldn\u2019t look back. He\u2019s got to score more. If Mbella has presently equalled Bekoe\u2019s record, needless to say, he\u2019ll surely break it considering the frequency of his goals especially in Kumasi.<\/p>\n

Mbella must keep scoring, ultimately aid Kotoko\u2019s possible title triumph and probably shatter Hearts of Oak\u2019s Ishmael Addo\u2019s 21-year-old record of 22 GPL goals. Goal king records in our league especially in the late 50s and throughout the 60s and even 80s are hard to find if not unavailable.<\/p>\n

Veteran sports journalist, Ken Bediako\u2019s book, Complete History of Ghana League, 1958-2012, however provides credible information on goal kings for as many as 23 seasons. Looking closely at that data and Mbella\u2019s numbers, it\u2019s safe to say that, he\u2019s rightly on track to write his name in the GPL\u2019s Golden Goal King Colours. He should. He must.<\/p>\n

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