A Caf Match Commissioner, Albert Commey Aryeetey has labelled four of the final day games in the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League (GPL) as fixed.
Commey is an experienced football administrator who has worked in top managerial positions including at clubs he is pointing fingures at.
Sharing his thoughts on the just-ended season on Sunyani-based Space FM Monday, the former Ghana FA Executive Committee (now Council) member claimed that that games between Hearts of Oak and Real Tamale United, Bibiani GoldStars and AshantiGold – where he currently works as Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Eleven Wonders and Aduana FC as well as King Faisal and Legon Cities were all compromised.
“The [2021/22] Ghana Premier League was competitive but [I] wasn’t happy with the final day because there were lots of fixed games. RTU never won any match away. AshGold vs Bibiani GoldStars was fixed. Wonders vs Aduana was fixed. King Faisal vs Legon Cities was fixed,” he told Sunyani-based Space FM.
“Normally when it gets to that time, clubs want to survive. FA doesn’t know about it.
“How do you think Hearts of Oak will lose by four goals? Did you watch them [in the FA Cup final] yesterday?
“We shouldn’t be hypocrites or we won’t progress. I’m a Hearts fan, I’m telling you.
“If issues like these are not resolved, the nation’s level of football will decline.
“Let us not be hypocrites or else we wouldn’t move forward in Ghana football. I won’t blame the GFA on this, because teams do everything possible to stay in the league during the latter part of the league,” he added.
📸🗣| 2021/22 #GPLwk34 results + basic stats:
– 26 goals recorded in 9 games
* 14 of the goals were scored by home teams and 12 by away sides.
– Home WINS: 4; DRAWS: 4; AWAY WIN: 1
.#GPL | www.footy-ghana'com | #FootyGPL pic.twitter.com/01hfGzj1RS
— Footy-Ghana.com 🇬🇭 (@FootyGhana) June 19, 2022
King Faisal defeated Legon Cities 2-1, while RTU ruthlessly overcame Hearts of Oak 4-1 in Accra. As a result, both King Faisal and RTU avoided relegation. Eleven Wonders recorded a 2-1 win at home to Aduana but it was not enough to keep them afloat.
His club AshantiGold’s winger Yaw Annor scored a brace in a 2-2 draw at Bibiani GoldStars to win the league’s top scorer race.
A couple of months ago, the GFA sanctioned AshantiGold and Inter Allies over a match-fixing scandal from the 2020/21 league campaign.
