Ghana Football Association- Ghana Premier League

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In the early 15 th century(1471), Gold Coast witnessed the birth of football through some European sailors who frequently docked at the Cape Coast port for the purpose of merchandising with the indigenous people of the then Gold Coast. The sailors settled in the Coast in 1664 and the Governor at the time played the game with these passion driven sailors and other European civil servants as Cape Coast became the seat of the governor under the colonial rule of the British. The game was played amongst the westerners but eventually spread to the local people in 1903. The electric power of football electrocuted students and the town folks alike. The Government Boys’ School formed a football club comprising twenty-two students and few excited youngsters from the town. The team embarked on a training course in the art of football by the endorsement of the headmaster Mr. Briton who doubled as the team manager. Enthusiasm and Common Sense was their coach. These students trained under the moon in other not to forfeit their studies at the Victoria Park which was used for durbars' and ceremonial parades. The first set of football used by the pioneers of Ghana’s football was a gift from…

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