We need to restore traditional clubs back to glory – Mawuko Afadzinu

Marketing professional Mawuko Afadzinu strongly believe for the Ghana Premier League to secure it attractiveness, there should be pragmatic measures to restore the identity of traditional clubs.

Traditional Clubs like, Accra Hearts of Oak SC, Sekondi Hasaacas FC, Okwawu United, Sekondi Eleven Wise, Asante Kotoko SC amongst others have struggled to see their firm root with many currently wondering in the wilderness.

And getting the traditional clubs to the heights they belong could be a way of making the Ghana Premier League attractive again, says Mawuko Afadzinu.

Mawuko admit the the Premier League’s level and patronage have dropped due to the traditional clubs underperforming. The top-flight has seen drastic drop in stadium attendance with many of the view that, is the quality of players and pitches.

To an extend lack of better sponsorship and officiating.

Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak have won the league once each in the last three seasons but the only season the league lived to its hype was during the 2020/21 season when both went neck-and-neck for the title.

“Three years ago when Kotoko and Hearts went head-to-head for the league title look at the effect it had on the whole league,” Afadzinu said during Joy Sports and Nhyira Sports’ mid-year thought leadership event on Monday, July 31.

“Let’s bring up the small clubs but let’s also restore our traditional clubs to the places of glory and if they rise higher, the football of this country will go up again,” the President of the Ghana Table Tennis Association told Joy Prime.

The new Ghana Premier League season is set to begin in September with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announcing the fixtures on Monday, July 31.