{"id":72220,"date":"2024-04-30T17:28:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=72220"},"modified":"2024-04-30T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:27:42","slug":"bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play","title":{"rendered":"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Heart of Lions coach Bashir Hayford has spoken about his actions during his team\u2019s clash with Bechem United in the Ghana Premier League where the veteran coach sent a chair to sit in the middle of the pitch.<\/b><\/p>\n

In the crucial encounter, the former Kotoko boss seemed to be unhappy with a number of things including fan misconduct which triggered him to interrupt play until calm was restored.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fans were hurling urine and insulting me and the players. We had to defend ourselves so we ran to the pitch but to be honest, I really replied them. In my 30-year fan of the game, I had never seen anything like this before. It was more like a war and not a football match,\u201d Hayford explained as quoted by Akoma Sports.<\/p>\n

Despite the interruption, the experienced coach eventually left the field, allowing the game to resume. Despite being reduced to 10 men, Bechem United managed to avoid defeat at home.<\/p>\n

While Bechem United sit sixth on the table with 40 points Heart of Lions are languishing in the 17th position only above Real Tamale United.<\/p>\n

After 28 games, the promoted side have accumulated 29 points and are the team with the least number of victories (6).<\/p>\n

They will be hosting fourth-placed Nsoatreman FC in their next game as they aim to regain form and fight for survival.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. Heart of Lions coach Bashir Hayford has spoken about his actions during his team\u2019s clash with Bechem United in the Ghana Premier League where the veteran coach sent a chair to sit in the middle of the pitch. In the crucial encounter, the former Kotoko boss seemed to be unhappy with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-72220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"\nBashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Heart of Lions coach Bashir Hayford has spoken about his actions during his team\u2019s clash with Bechem United in the Gh ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heart of Lions coach Bashir Hayford has spoken about his actions during his team\u2019s clash with Bechem United in the Gh ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-30T17:28:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-30T17:28:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play\"},\"wordCount\":249,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play\",\"name\":\"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play - Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-30T17:28:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Heart of Lions coach Bashir Hayford has spoken about his actions during his team\u2019s clash with Bechem United in the Gh ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play - Ghana","description":"Heart of Lions coach Bashir Hayford has spoken about his actions during his team\u2019s clash with Bechem United in the Gh ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play","og_description":"Heart of Lions coach Bashir Hayford has spoken about his actions during his team\u2019s clash with Bechem United in the Gh ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play","og_site_name":"Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-04-30T17:28:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play","datePublished":"2024-04-30T17:28:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play"},"wordCount":249,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Ghana","ghana"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play","name":"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play - Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-30T17:28:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Heart of Lions coach Bashir Hayford has spoken about his actions during his team\u2019s clash with Bechem United in the Gh ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/04\/sm_1714485358.076842.jpg","width":900,"height":500,"caption":"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/bashir-hayford-explains-why-he-sat-in-the-middle-of-pitch-to-interrupt-play#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bashir Hayford explains why he sat in the middle of pitch to interrupt play"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/","name":"Ghana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}