There will be of course hue and cry within some quarters of our game, especially when relegation comes calling, but there have been other intriguing sides which need a mention in our top-flight.
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Goals are what most women who watch football and other gentlemen who love other sports than football want and, it is one thing that rains on any final day of Ghana Premier League.
Here, this writer chronicles the award from 2012, to bring back the joy on the faces of some players as well as how others failed to get their names in the record books of Ghana football — one thing that they will never forget.
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Apart from former Bechem United forward Augustine Okrah, the Ghana Premier League topscorers in the last five seasons scored at least two goals on final day to pip their other contenders to the glory.
In 2012-13 season, a last-minute hat-trick from Don Mahatma Otoo against relegated Tema Youth, helped the Hearts of Oak skipper to land the golden boot with 20 goals, one shy of the previous winner Emmanuel Baffour.
Otoo began the season on a high note with a hat-trick on matchday two against New Edubiase and although he was scoring goals for fun, the final day was his breakthrough.
The following season, Okrah scored one and missed a penalty against Amidaus Professionals as he won the accolade ahead of Kotoko’s Seidu Bancey, who scored 12 goals.
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In 2014-15 season, Nathaniel Ohene Asamoah who was then playing for Medeama, opted to join Moroccan giants Raja Casablanca while he was leading the Ghana Premier League topscorer’s chart with 18 goals, five above Berekum Chelsea’s Kofi Owusu.
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However, Owusu gradually closed in and on final day, his brace against Wa All Stars including the last kick of the game which was a penalty, won him the goal king title with 19 goals.
Last two seasons, with four matches remaining, Latif Blessing was trailing Yahaya Mohammed by a goal and it even became two goals ahead of the final day.
However, the former Liberty Professionals star doubled his efforts to score a hat-trick against Bechem United in a 3-0 victory to win golden boot with 17 goals, since Yayaha Mohammed shot blank.
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And, in the just concluded season, a haul or quadruple from Ashanti Gold’s striker Hans Kwofie against champions Aduana Stars, helped him to shrug off competition from Berekum Chelsea’s Stephen Sarfo, who was leading the chart before kickoff.
Kwofie’s four goals means that he finished the season with 17 goals, same level as his predecessor Latif Blessing.
By: Evans Gyamera-Antwi
