Kotoko-Ghapoha match yield ?142m

Tema-based Ghapoha F/C last Saturday's gamble of playing host to a formidable Kotoko side away from home paid handsome dividends.

After winning the three maximum points at stake and shaking themselves off the shackles of relegation, Ghapoha ripped her highest proceeds since joining the local elite soccer group in the mid 1980s.

The Times says its investigations revealed that the Ghapoha-Kotoko league played at the Accra Stadium grossed ?142 million, about six times more than anything the club has ever recorded at home.

According to records, the highest, Ghapoha clocked in a home game was ?26 million during last year's league which, incidentally was in a league game against Kotoko at the Tema Stadium.

Last Saturday’s match attracted a full house to the extent that fans had to invade the "banned" north stand, which was closed after the May 9 disaster.