The 64 Battalion: Hearts of Oak’s golden generation that ruled Ghana and Africa

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  • ADM 2 days ago

    That was a golden generation

  • Kelvin 2 days ago

    Hearts should have had an academy at that time. The problem of most Africans is that we don't think of maintaining a particular momentum into the foreseeable future. We only think about what we could get just for today. Very ...
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  • P Djamgbe 1 day ago

    @Kelvin Hearts hard an academy back then (Arouras), they still have it, don't they?

  • Kelvin 1 day ago

    Hmmm I don't think it was something serious. At least they didn't maintain it.

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  • Truth Table 2 days ago

    for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10:13) .,,
    ..,,

  • AKP 1 day ago

    Matthew 7:21. Not everyone who said to me, Lord, Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but the one who does the will of the Father in Heaven

  • Good Lord 2 days ago

    Hearts would have bitten Nigeria in that game, but for fielding Baffour Gyan which destroyed the chemistry at the time physically and spiritually.

    Yes blacks we don't know how to build on success.

  • Mr.Special 1 day ago

    Prince Tagoe wasn’t part

  • Onukpa 1 1 day ago

    Where is goalkeeper Sammy Adjei.

  • Silent Thinker 1 day ago

    What about Stephen Tetteh, Agyengo, Charles Allotey, Charles Taylor, Edmond Copson, Jacob Nettey , and the list goes on ....

  • Accra 1 day ago

    @silent thinker. U are right those were the guys. Writer's list mixed up. How could he have forgotten Don Bortey, Charles Taylor etc

  • Akwasi 1 day ago

    Bortey came after the 2000 triumphs. But he scored the most beautiful goal in Cape Town against Santos in 2004 during the CAF Confederation Cup competition.

  • Pastor Andrews 1 day ago

    And even the likes Agyogu, James Nanor, Charles Allotey, Stephen Tetteh, Edmund Copson, etc

  • Afrifa Yamoah Nantwi 1 day ago

    Why do u want to post the 64 batallions picture in black & white, it was in the 2000's not like Kotoko that claimed they won the 4 aside club competitions twice in the 1940's.

  • Gra 1 day ago

    There was no Luis Agyemang... He came later. It was Ishmael addo sho spearheaded the attack with don bortey and Charles Taylor In the wings. Emmanuel osei kuffour paired with Ismael. Agyemang Duah was at the heat of defence.

  • MO 1 day ago

    Some of the names you stated were not part of the 64 battalion

  • Accra 1 day ago

    Yes, some were not members of the 64 Battalion. Better research next time.

  • Paa Pee 1 day ago

    The best time of Accra Hearts of Oaks was the 1972-78 era of The Winsome 5. The good old days of Mohamed Polo, Anas Seidu, Adolf Ammah and co. That was the glory days of soccer in Ghana. We had no expensive academies but got ...
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  • PO 1 day ago

    I think it was fearsome five
    Anas Seidu Robert Hammond mama acquah Mohammed polo and adolf armah or nketsia yawson
    I forgot but I’m not sure about adolf and yawson
    I stand corrected

  • LHG 1 day ago

    Peter Lamptey wss part of the fearsome five. Adolf was midfield

  • Pastor Andrews 1 day ago

    The fearsome 5 included Douglas Tagoe

  • Truth stands 1 day ago

    Back in the days hearts of oak had the fearsome 5.
    They won every game that came their way.

  • Opoku Nti 1 day ago

    The goalkeeper was Sammy 'Bathez' Adjei, whose heroics in the first leg of the final in Tunis enabled Hearts of Oak to beat Esperance 2-1, breaking the then 17-year old home invincibility of Esperance du Tunis.

  • Accra 1 day ago

    True @Opoku Nti

  • Nonsense 1 day ago

    Hearts was winning matches because of that Krobo guy E.T Mensah. He made sure he scuttled the advancement of Kotoko to the advantage of Hearts of Oaks. Nobody was invited into the Black Stars team unless you played for Hearts ...
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  • Dr. Goodfellow 1 day ago

    Hearts of Oak in the 1970s to 1975. Watched all matches played in Accra. You board a boneshaker tro-tro to the stadium and you might walk home after the match, crowds. You knew Hearts would win at home very very dominant.

  • Konkonsani 1 day ago

    The writer is talking about the confederation cup squad and not the 64 battalion.He should do his homework well

  • PO 1 day ago

    True
    Wrong headline

  • Akwasi 1 day ago

    Exactly. He's midinforming the public. The picture and names were for 2004. But that squad was also brutal. In fact they played the whole of the 2003 league without losing a match, but didn't win the league.

  • COOLBLUE 1 day ago

    Unless this ignorant writer has coined the squad as 64 Battalion, it has nothing to do with the year 1964. How can you associate of 1997 and 2005 achievements of 1997 and 2005 with these names mentioned and call it 64 Battali ...
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  • Akwasi 1 day ago

    The real 64 battalion were Sammy Adjei, Amankwaah Mireku, Jacob Nettey, Sanni Wahab, Stephen Tetteh, Joe Anssh, Charles Allotey, Emmanuel Adjogu, Charles Taylor, Emmuanuel Osei Kuffour, Ishmael Addo, Osmanu Amadu, Edmund Cops ...
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  • Osuani 18 hours ago

    Wrong picture. The research is not too deep. some players mentioned were not part of the 64B. Come clear next time.

  • Elvis 17 hours ago

    This picture is not the 64 battalion.