Curtain-raiser matches for Star league

Soccer fans who troop to the various stadiums in the country to watch premier league games, would soon no longer sit idle counting the minutes before kick-off.

A source close to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) management board, on Thursday disclosed to the Times that the re-introduction of curtain-raiser matches is high on the agenda of he F/A.

The re-introduction of the curtain-raiser is not only to wet the appetite of fans before the main match but rather be part of the Ben Koufie’s F/A management board’s five year development plan for Ghana soccer.

The source however failed to mention what form the curtain-raisers will take; whether the premier clubs will be made to feature a reserve side, colts clubs or lower division clubs taking up the mantle.

Curtain-raisers used to be a popular feature during the then division one league, but ceased to function at the introduction of the professional league.