XI FAMOUS HEARTS victories at the home of ASANTE KOTOKO

It’s that time of the season, when the Glorious Acccra Hearts of Oak rekindles her eternal rivalry with Kumasi Asante Kotoko, and leading up to the game on Saturday, HeartsEleven.wordpress.com, will take you through Heart of Oak’s finest league victories at the Kumasi fortress of Kumasi.

1. KOTOKO  3 – 4 HEARTS (24th August, 1958):
   This game was the beginning of the age-old rivalry between the two Ghanaian heavyweights. Hearts of Oak were the dominant force in pre-Independent Ghana, having won the Guggisberg Shield six times in 12 years.  In confirmation of the Rainbow Club’s pre-Independence supremacy, and on this first ever meeting in the league against Kotoko at the Kumasi Jackson Park, the Phobians played the home side off the pitch. In an exciting opening 45-minutes, Hearts scored three quality goals through Ofei Dodoo, C.K Gyamfi and Nii Dowuona. But after recess, Kotoko pegged back the scores before Ofei Dodoo

   

   Ofei Dodoo was the first player to score in the Hearts-Kotoko rivalry.
   He scored a brace in the first meeting.

   doubled his tally to put Hearts in the lead again. However, the game was abandoned in the 70th minute when Kotoko’s Dogo Moro refused to leave the pitch after he was red-carded by the center Referee. In the temporary kerfuffle, Hearts goalkeeper Addoquaye Laryea was injured and rushed to the hospital, and 100 fans were arrested after the confusion escalated into a riot.
   But although the game did not end, the Hearts win was never in doubt.

2. KOTOKO 3 – 4 in Kumasi (1983):
   A-quarter-of-a-century after taking a commanding 3-0 first half lead in Kumasi , and allowing their opponents to peg the scores, before going on to take the lead again, Hearts repeated the wondrous chicanery against Kotoko at the Kumasi Sports Stadium. The Rainbow Club, powered by Sam Yeboah’s brace and Botwe’s goal, took a sensational 3-0 lead before the break against the home side. However, Opoku Nti – now CEO of Kotoko – scored three quick goals on resumption to level the scores. But in another dramatic twist, defender Hesse Odamtten headed the winner late on to quell the threatened Kotoko rebellion. Odamtten’s header could still rate as the best headed goal scored in Hearts history. It was not so much for the technique or power as the bravery, daring and temerity to dive in, knowing he would be injured after connecting to the ball. Injured, he was after the goal, but Hesse Odamtten never cared as Hearts carried all the three points.

KOTOKO 1 – 2 in Kumasi (3^rd March, 1978):
It’s highly unusual for 10 men to win against 11 men in a football game, but it is extremely unfathomable for 9 men to win against 11 men away from home in a Derby match. But that is exactly what Glorious Hearts did in 1978 at the home of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, during the pomp of the “Fearsome Fivesome”. Midfield maestro, Robert Hammond, was in his elements to set up Bismark Odoi for the first goal in the first half. Kotoko equalized 10 minutes after the break but Hearts protested against the contentious equalizer only for Referee Bah Alhassan of Sunyani to send off skipper Robert Hammond and Seth Ampadu in the 55^th minute. For 35 minutes, the nine men played as if they were 20. Thrice, Yahya Kahn had to be alert to avert Hearts from taking the lead again, but at the death, he would wilt and so would the Porcupine fans. If the Phobians felt hard done by the Kotoko goal and the refereeing, it was all forgotten when Douglas Tagoe conjured a thunderous strike at the death to gift 9-man Hearts all the three points, the bragging rights, and most importantly, instant justice that put Kumasi to silent sorrowful sleep.

4 KOTOKO 1 – 2 HEARTS (8th February, 2009): The Daily Graphic (Monday, 9th February, 2009 edition) called it a “21-gold carat performance” from Accra Hearts of Oak. They were not wrong. Hearts outclassed, outfoxed, outmaneuvered, outrun and outplayed Kumasi Asante Kotoko in their backyard during this fixture. Hassan Mohammed scored first and Obed Ansah doubled the lead in the second half before Stephen Oduro pulled a goal back. But it could have been more had Hearts not taken her foot off the gas, and the young Samuel Afum

Samuel Afum in a league action for Hearts. He missed a lot of chances in his first game against Kotoko, but he scored back-to-back when he found his feet against the old enemy in the 2009/10 season.

not laced his scoring boots with clemency shots.

The 2-1 win in Kumasi was Hearts’ first victory over Kotoko at the Kumasi Sports Stadium since Edmund Copson’s

Edmund Copson, second from right, scored for 10-man Hearts to beat Kotoko in Kumasi in 1999.

lone goal put the Garden City to early sleeplessness in 1999. But the decade-long reprieve is flattering for the Porcupines who managed only two wins in that space of time. In fact, the Phobians actually pipped Kotoko 0-1 in the latter’s 2006/7 premier league home fixture that had been shifted to Cape Coast as a result of reconstruction work at the Kumasi Sports Stadium in preparation for the CAN 2008.

5. KOTOKO 1 – 2 HEARTS (1990)

   A league decider that established Accra Hearts of Oak’s reputation for the big occasion. The Rainbow Club was a point ahead of Asante Kotoko and needed a draw to secure the league title, but Hearts did not do “draws” when it mattered most.

   The rhetoric before the much-anticipated match was:  “

   

   Boy wonder Papa Shamo Quaye leather outdoes Kotoko prodigy Joe Debrah.

   Shamo Quaye versus Joe Debrah: Who is Who?”
   The home team paraded a crack rearguard, which they called “barrier”, made up of the likes of Black Stars defenders Emmanuel Ampeah, Kwasi Appiah (former Black Stars captain and coach), Frimpong Manso, but Hearts entered the game as barrier-breakers.

   Shamo Quaye gave Hearts the lead shortly after the break with a sweet volley, not only to power Hearts to victory but to confirm his triumph over his rival, Joe Debrah on the day. However, Starlets defender Baba Musah rose highest to head home the equalizer from a corner kick. But before the jubilant home supporters could regain their calm and resume their seats, Anthony “the cannonball” Tieku had restored Hearts’ lead, tapping home the rebound, after Kotoko goalkeeper Mohammed Odom failed to give a firm grab of Mohammed Polo’s shot, which had come about after the magnificently marvelous Mohammed had waltzed past five players straight from the restart. Remarkably, that was the day Kotoko fans serendipitously celebrated a Hearts goal. The legion of Porcupine fans were still basking in the ephemeral glory of their equalizer and did not see the Anthony Tieku winning strike. They only realized Hearts had scored the winner at full-time, when the score-board read 1-2 for the Rainbow Club.

[The above legend was a replica of the 1985 decider in Kumasi. There again, the Phobians needed a draw to clinch their second straight league title. Inspired by ex-Kotoko legend Opoku Afriyie, the Rainbow boys ran away with a famous 0-1 victory courtesy Joe Amoateng.]

6. KOTOKO 0 – 1 HEARTS (1970)

From the esoteric world, news had filtered through prior to the game that for Hearts to win the game, a player would have to “self-immolate”. Stand forward, George “Ga Mantse” Alhassan

George “Ga Mantse” Alhassan got his leg broken by Oliver Acquah but Hearts won the game without their famous striker. [right – Pele]

, who sacrificed his body for the Phobia victory. All these might have been coincidental, but the truth of the matter was that Hearts did, indeed win by a lone goal, and George Alhassan got his league broken by defender Oliver Acquah in the third minute of the game. This was also the season city-rivals Accra Great Olympics pipped Hearts to the league by a single point, and Kotoko, defending league champions, finished a disappointing 11^th.

Hearts were not so forgiving when the two met at the Kumasi Sports Stadium. The Daily Graphic reporter on the match day, E.A Boateng, reported the game thus: “Kumasi Asante Kotoko yesterday crumbled before thousands of their followers to Accra Hearts of Oak in their outstanding league match at the Kumasi Sports Stadium

And the 1-0 defeat which they suffered will go down in the record books as the bitterest ever tasted at the hands of Hearts, for they were outclassed in all the departments of the game. It was a first minute goal scored by Africa Cup star Robert Foley who brilliantly gave a scissors kick to a well taken corner kick by left winger Kofi Bruce.

Throughout the game, Hearts played a masterpiece of soccer and excelled both in strategy and skills.

Their defense pivot on veteran Addo Odamtey rendered Kotoko’s attack ineffective.

Master dribbler Osei Kofi was well marked and it was Africa Cup star Malik who showed brilliance in Kotoko’s attack but the resultant corner kick was wasted

Kotoko pressed hard but the vital equalizer never came.”

Need we add more to this picturesque description of the Hearts win?

KOTOKO 0 – 1 HEARTS (Sunday, May 12, 1991): Hearts of Oak were on the verge of a mental collapse after they were lugubriously knocked-out of Africa by Petro Atletico of Angola. The Phobians’ bright season had hit its first real test when they beat the Angolans 4-2 in Accra, only to lose 3-1 in Angola. To make matters worse, a few players were accused of pilfering at their Luanda hotel. The league had also faced a lot of postponements during the first round, and when this fixture arrived, the Porcupine fans rubbed it in for Hearts by showing up with bed sheets at the Stadium, a clear mimicking of the “Hearts-Angola-Bedsheet-gate.” Now, the game was supposed to be a party for the red half of Kumasi, but Hearts rose to the occasion once again. The equally brilliant and enterprising Ezekiel Alamu scored the only goal of the game, seven minutes into the second half, to once again silence the planned Phobia humiliation. Kotoko fans had come poised to deride their rivals, but the Phobians ended up riding shoulder high back to the Capital. He who laughs last…

8. KOTOKO 1 – 2 HEARTS (1^st December, 1996): This was the first game of the 1996/97 season. Hearts took the long trip to Kumasi to face Kumasi Asante Kotoko on the opening day, and it was here that the Phobians laid the gauntlet for the season.

Long time servant and captain, Nii Noi Dowuona put Hearts in the lead in the first half, but after the break, Kotoko equalized through a penalty. Hearts got a penalty of their own, which was spurned by Godwin Ablordey (latter day Kotoko legend), but Theophilus Amusu was on hand to score the winner for the visitors. It is the most important single win for Hearts in the late 20^th century against Kotoko. That victory turned the tide for Hearts, and gave the players the belief that they could achieve the ultimate. And they did go ahead to win the league at the end of the season. Coincidentally, and more befittingly, Nii-Noi Dowuona, once-upon-a-time-Hearts-green-horn, was the one who popped  up to convert a late penalty against city-rivals Great Olympics to hand Hearts her first league title since 1990. Unknown to anybody then, the Phobians were sowing the seeds for an unprecedented period of dominance in Ghanaian football, a phenomenal era that saw their eventual annexation of the CAF Champions League in 2000, the fourth year of Hearts’ six-year stranglehold on the local league.
9. KOTOKO 1 – 2 HEARTS (17^th October, 1976): The Phobians had gone three years without the league title, although they had a very talented squad.

Promotion from within had seen youngster Ofei Ansah break into the squad, and a rising Mohammed Polo cementing his name in Ghanaian football history. Hearts were held to a 1-1 drawn game by league contenders Kotoko in Accra, but they needed to win the return league in order to set day-light between themselves and their closest challengers, Kotoko in the season. At the Kumasi Sports Stadium, Malik Jabir got the opener for the home side in the first half, but Peter “goal-thief” Lamptey and Robert Hammond scored to turn defeat to victory for Hearts of Oak. The Phobians won their remaining two games to clinch the league title, and also start another period of dominance which would see them win three titles in four seasons, but unfortunately, the late 1970s revival could not lead to a continental success.

10. KOTOKO 1 – 2 HEARTS (13^th June, 1993): There was something special about Hearts in the early 1990s when they went to play Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Kumasi Sports Stadium. What exactly it was, we still cannot pin-point, but the Phobians always rose to the occasion at the cauldron of the Porcupines. This game was the last of four consecutive away victories at the home of Kotoko, from 1989-93 – all of them ending by one goal victory margins; 1-2, 0-1, 0-1, 1-2.

On this occasion, Bernard Aryee and Massawudu scored two beautiful goals in a space of 23 minutes of the first half to hand Hearts a healthy lead before the break. Strangely, Kotoko goalkeeper Sampson Appiah was replaced by Anthony Osei Kojo after conceding the two goals, and the Porcupines pulled a goal back mid-way into the second half through Joseph Okyere, but Hearts held on to continue their four-game winning streak at the home of Kotoko in the league.

11. KOTOKO 2 – 5 HEARTS (2^nd November, 1958): This was the second ever game between Hearts and Kotoko. Although details of the scorers and history-makers have been lost to time, the 5 Hearts of Oak goals still remain the highest scored by one-side in the 100 league games played between the two sides. The Kumasi Jackson Park played host to what was popularly becoming the Game-of-the-Nation post Independence. After Dogo Moro’s refusal to leave the pitch when he was red-carded had plunged the game into anarchy leading to a call-off, with Hearts leading 4-3 at the home of Kotoko, the League Management Committee ordered for a replay on the 2^nd November, 1958. Hearts continued where they had left off, pummeling their opponents to a 5-2 humiliation in the replay to set her on course for her second league triumph in two years – and first title win in Independent Ghana. The Hearts victory also set Phobia minds wondering what could have been, had the first meeting not ended at 4-3. Maybe, Hearts could have scored more in the last 20 minutes, but it did not matter at all, as the 5-2 win in the replay was enough justice.

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On This Hearts Day 1969: Hearts 2-2 Santos FC

On the 6^th February, 1969, Accra Hearts of Oak were held to a 2-2 drawn game by a Pele-led Santos FC of Brazil in an international friendly at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Striker Abeka Ankrah opened the scoring midway in the game but Edson Arantes do Nascimento Pele struck to pull the visitors level before the break.

Not in the mood to be outdone, Ghana’s own “Pele” Amusa Gbadamoshie, restored Hearts’ lead in the second half, but midfielder Edu earned the great Brazilian side a deserving draw.

Hearts were denied a piece of history by Referee George Lamptey and his assistant, who flagged wrongly for offside, when George “Ga Mantse” Alhassan

George “Ga Mantse” Alhassan was denied the opportunity to be the hero. He gifts Pele a kente scarf before the game.

had prodded home to make it 3-2.

Despite the draw, Hearts still wrote their names in the history books by holding the giants from Brazil to a drawn game.

Santos FC had gone on a tour of Africa in 1969, led by the player, who would become the greatest ever to play the beautiful game, Pele. The Brazilian giants played 9 games on the continent. They won five, drew three and lost just one, and scored and conceded 19 and 11 goals respectively.

Pele

A young Pele would go on to rule world football.

took is tour tally to 7 goals when he netted the equalizer against Hearts at the Accra Sports Stadium, but he made it 8 goals, and became Santos’ top-scorer on tour, on the African continent when he scored against Algeria three days later.

Accra Hearts of Oak were in their 8^th year without the league title when they welcomed the mighty Brazilian side that had dominated the Brazilian league, winning the title five consecutive years, and even became the first side to complete a quadruple.

In contrast to Hearts, when Santos were casting their mast on world football in 1962 and laying the seeds for their period of dominance, the Phobians could not build on their league winning feat in the 1961-62 season after the departure of star man Edward Aggrey-Fynn.

But with the game against the Brazilians in 1969, and a disorganized Tour of the UK in late 1970, the fortunes of the club turned considerably in the new decade of the 70s. Hearts won the league four times in the 1970s – 1971, 1973, 1977, and 1979 – and missed out on continental glory twice in the period.

Whereas the influence of Santos FC on the team and how it changed the mentality of the club is subtle, Hearts should be grateful for the friendly with the Brazilians and the opportunity to test their might against the mighty Santos FC of Pele.

It must also be noted that whereas Pele scored 1281 goals in his career, he scored one of those against Hearts at the Accra Sports Stadium.

He went on to win the World Cup with Brazil a year later, his third, but that day on the 6^th February, 1969, he was outshone by Abeka Ankrah and Amusa Gbadamoshie; but not outscored by the Hearts duo.

[In many Hearts books and even official documents, the date of this match has erroneously been made 6th June, 1969, and other places, 2nd June, 1969. But here is the clear proof of the correct day of the match. http://santosfcwolrdsoccer.blogspot.com/2011/02/santos-fc-history-february-4-1969.html

PS: It is not 4th Feb, the link leads you to the correct date. Check it out]

The Rebirth of the flamboyantly fantastic Fiamenyo Gilbert – and the football lessons for Hearts fans.

The New Rise of Fiamenyo – and the moral lesson for Hearts fans.

“Take him off, Herbert Addo!”

“We should play 10 against 11 and bench Fiamenyo!”

“If Fiamenyo is our striker, then we must forget it!”

“Fiamenyo must learn from Ahmed Toure!”

“Look at his buttocks! He cannot even run!”

“Fiamenyo is fat and s**t!”

“Fiamenyo is disgracing us!”

“Fiamenyo must not wear the Hearts jersey!”

“Sell Fiamenyo for free!”

“Fiamenyo cannot help us!”

“Is Fiamenyo a sumo wrestler or a footballer?”

Those were the popular “praises” hurled at Gilbert Fiamenyo during the Hearts pre-season – particularly the Top 4 competition.

Can you cross your heart and say, you never used any of the above “praises” for Gilbert Fiamenyo or even worse which cannot be printed? Yes, I am waiting. I have got all day.

But never mind. That was how we tore the guy’s confidence into pieces; shattered his ego like a pedigree dog. He had fallen down in our sight and we just wanted to get rid of him – for good too.

And it got to the man Fiamenyo. After training, he walked with his head down, but still we pointed fingers at him. Then he started using his ‘togbe-cap’ or balaclava – if you like – and still the abuses continued; just picture a man of Fiamenyo’s frame trying so hard not to be seen.

Yet, it did not end on the field or even at training; it followed him home. His girlfriend of six-years left him. And he fell again. He tried to smile but there was no one to smile to. And even before then, he was a broken-man-walking as he nearly wept when they prevented him from entering the local Black Stars hotel when they returned as runners-up from the CHAN tournament in January last year.

His family became worried and even relatives said he was disgracing the family name. Everywhere they went, people were making fun of the family name F-I-A-M-E-N-Y-O.

And that nearly ended it for the young man. He felt like the wealthy man who had myriad gold yesterday, but could not even afford to buy water today.

Backtrack 2 years earlier; he was the toast of the fans even though he had not kicked a ball for Hearts. On the 14^th August, 2012, Fiamenyo’s picture was on the front page of HEARTS NEWS with these beautiful words sprinkled around his frame: “HEARTS SIGN FIAMENYO! Fiamenyo: Once a Lion now a Phobian.”

Front Page of Accra Hearts of Oak official mouthpiece HEARTS NEWS when Fiamenyo joined the club.

The fans had seen closely how he bullied Kofi Agyare and Philip Boampong in the ultimate game of the first round of the 2011/12 season. He did not score, but he left a huge scar at the Accra Sports Stadium, helping his team to bounce back twice to earn a draw with a shell-shocked Hearts. Fiamenyo had scored six goals before that and left for Serbia in search of a contract which never materialized because he had picked up a serious injury.

Hearts doled out the money and bought him from Heart of Lions despite his injury, and he repaid the trust with seven goals and four assists in the second round of the 2012/13 season. But that was it. He peaked at the closing stage of the season, and when he came back the following season, he had lost it all. One goal from 9 games (8 of which he started from the bench) meant his stock had fallen exponentially.

Things got from worse to worst for Fiamenyo in the Top-4 competition with even Head Coach Herbert Addo being pointed-fingers at for keeping faith with the out-of-form striker.

I cannot claim to be a Fiamenyo confidant or believer or praise-singer or best/close friend or anything of that sort. But the striker told me he would bounce back.

“I will rather make my name in the league than score in pre-season and fail to score when the season starts,” Fiamenyo asserted (in a private/personal conversation).

I took it as an empty bluff! Thought to myself sarcastically that ‘we want it now, you dey say tomorrow’. However, outwardly, I wished him well and gave him the words of encouragement that if he had done it before; he could do it again.

But, I honestly doubted him from what I had seen from training & during pre-season friendly games. He was missing the easiest of chances. He became King Midas, but only that everything he touched turned to dung instead of gold.

What was even painful was that whenever they substituted him in pre-season or even at training, whoever took his place came to get a goal or two to their name.  Two weeks before the new season, we had to pretend a match did not happen because he missed a penalty against Division 2 side Madina Republicans in a 0-0 draw at Pobiman. Fiamenyo had hit the nadir; and we did not want to stoke the fire against his already, not even tarnished, but non-existent reputation at the time.

But then, like the elders say: “Through every dark night, there is a bright day after….”

The phoenix in Fiamenyo rose again. He struck on the opening day of the season against Sogakope WAFA in the first game of the 2014/15 First Capital Plus Premier League – incidentally at Kpando.

Six days before the start of the season, he netted a brace against Division One side Akosombo Crystal Palace in a 5-0 rout.

Four games into the new season and he had scored five goals. Wait! Make it five goals in the first three league games. And they were not ordinary goals.

The first strike, a clever chip over the goalkeeper in Kpando against WAFA; his second, A CLINICAL STRIKE FROM A ONE-ON-ONE SITUATION to level the scores against Berekum Chelsea; quickly followed by his third:  a fox-in-the-box finish from a cross in a crowded penalty box to complete a remarkable turnaround for Hearts.

But despite his heroics, the Hearts defense condoned to steal the spotlight from Fiamenyo by losing the game 4-2 to Berekum Chelsea. Yet, he continued his scoring form again at the Essipong.

A half-turn volley from a beautiful team move involving Paul Acquah and Selasi Adjei was his fourth strike of the season, and he topped that with a super solo strike that got his markers down to their feet; and spectators off their feet, again at the Essipong against Medeama.

I hardly know how many  goals Gilbert Fiamenyo will score in the remaining games of the season, but even if he does not score again till the season ends, I strongly believe there are lessons for Hearts fans in his present – maybe ephemeral – success.

Not every player has the test of character or temperament of Gilbert Fiamenyo to survive the mortification, thrive under the hostility, and revive their career like the burly striker has done in this few days of the season. And here in lies the lesson.

Goalkeeper Tetteh Luggard is everybody’s villain. Every goal conceded is the fault of the young man. He committed not a single mistake – in my opinion – leading to the four goals he conceded against Berekum Chelsea.

But we called for Seidu Mutawakilu in the next game, and the pressure got to the young man on his first appearance. Once again, some said he should not keep again, forgetting that it was only his first ever start in the Premier League. Others sent an SOS to Soulama Abdoulaye straight away oblivious of the fact that if defenders did not defend their lines, it was the goalkeepers who would be exposed. And we kept saying we had a goalkeeping problem straight away instead of supporting our keepers.

Abraziz Abankwa, who has made giant steps in terms of performance – and could be, without competition, the most improved Hearts player, was also not spared at the Essipong when we lost to Chelsea. And midfielder Leonard Tawiah’s Hearts career is on the verge of dying even though he hardly put a foot wrong doing his defensive duties against Berekum Chelsea.

And even last Saturday, defender Isaac Oduro had to chase a fan with  a stone to protect himself after he was singled out for t he goal at Bechem. Why do we do all these to the players of the team we support?

All because, we are in a golden and never-ending-pursuit for a villain – or who to blame – whenever we lose a game or results don’t go our away.

Things are not going so well for Herbert Addo’s side at the moment, but what if we all throw our support for the team – in good and bad times!

Where will our support take us? What will the unflinching support do for the players and the team?

I look back to Coach Mohammed Polo’s penultimate game in charge of Hearts, and I get goosebumps when I recall how the fans turned up for the former Hearts hero.

Bereft of fan support throughout his short tenure, the fans resurfaced against the sworn enemy, Kotoko, in Kumasi. We, yes, the fans, were there to support the team; and just look at how the players played with so much pride and heart. If we can rally ourselves up against Kotoko, why not do the same against the other teams?

On the other hand, and most of you would be thinking of the alternative route to making players stand up for the Hearts jersey, I agree just to only a small extent the alternative route of making players stand up for the Hearts jersey. It cannot always be kisses for misses or hugs for thugs. I know.

And true, I have seen at close hand what ‘tough love’ can do for Hearts players. I remember how Samuel Afum and Mahatma Otoo came to be loved. They had to work for it; sweat for the love, respect, and recognition. But those who overcame are just a few compared to those who wilted – and never recovered like James Abban, James Bissue, Richard Addai, Edward Afum, David Anas, etc.,

Hearts is a big club and the level of expectation is demanding. But perhaps, we, the fans, must change our ways now and move from the come-to-be-entertained-only-supporters or only-good-time-supporters and part-time-supporters to TRUE SUPPORTERS, THROUGH AND THROUGH, for the PLAYERS, COACHES, and most importantly for the great TEAM, ACCRA HEARTS OF OAK.

If Fiamenyo can find his way back to the top through all these quandaries without our support, why can’t we help the team and the players back to the top with our very own support when results are not good?

Over to you, Hearts fan. Do you support only when we win or you will support us to win?NB: Sorry, Gilbert Fiamenyo, we take back all our bad words.

“Take him off, Herbert Addo!”

“We should play 10 against 11 and bench Fiamenyo!”

“If Fiamenyo is our striker, then we must forget it!”

“Fiamenyo must learn from Ahmed Toure!”

“Look at his buttocks! He cannot even run!”

“Fiamenyo is fat and s**t!”

“Fiamenyo is disgracing us!”

“Fiamenyo must not wear the Hearts jersey!”

“Sell Fiamenyo for free!”

“Fiamenyo cannot help us!”

“Is Fiamenyo a sumo wrestler or a footballer?”

[My sincerest apology goes to Gilbert Fiamenyo for using personal conversations we had in the past in my blog without his permission or knowledge. But I hope this will serve a greater cause than the small clip of the ear I will get from the big man].

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