{"id":1089454,"date":"2022-05-16T19:55:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/16\/social-media-reacts-to-ashgold-inter-allies-match-fixing-scandal\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T19:55:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:55:55","slug":"social-media-reacts-to-ashgold-inter-allies-match-fixing-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/16\/social-media-reacts-to-ashgold-inter-allies-match-fixing-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media reacts to Ashgold, Inter Allies match-fixing scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image_2022-05-16_173555854.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ashgold\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Hours after Inter Allies and AshantiGold Soccer Club were found guilty of match manipulation; social media has been buzzing with comments.<\/p>\n<p>The Disciplinary Committee of the GFA found both clubs guilty of match fixing in their 2020\/21 Ghana Premier League Matchday 34 game.<\/p>\n<p>The GFA, in a statement on Monday, May 16, 2022, confirmed Ashanti Gold SC and Inter Allies will be demoted to Ghana\u2019s lower-tier, Division Two, effective the 2022\/23 league season.<\/p>\n<p>Football fans on Twitter have reacted to the issue as both clubs and Division Two are all among top trends.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Below are some social media reactions:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AshGold messup ooo straight to Division two chale<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 L\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9f\ud83e\udd85 (@iLatif_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iLatif_\/status\/1526135311004221441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ow Ashanti Gold will be demoted to division two next season? Oh hm match fixing di asem b3ba<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Essel \u270c\ufe0f (@thatEsselguy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thatEsselguy\/status\/1526131196480167936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kotoko player , Richmond Lamptey has been handed 900 days  ban over match fixing scandal.<\/p>\n<p>The player was part of the Inter Allies team that was involved in the match fixing scandal last season against Ashanti Gold. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GTVSports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GTVSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ux5G4Vd0BG\">pic.twitter.com\/ux5G4Vd0BG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GTV SPORTS+ (@mygtvsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mygtvsports\/status\/1526158764990144517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Key sanctions from the GFA press release:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ashanti Gold will be fined GHS100K<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 President of the Club, Dr. Kwaku Frimpong, is banned from football related activities for 10 years, and fined GHS100K<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Club CEO Emmanuel Frimpong banned 8 years and fined GHS50K <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jSh2IHyAzy\">pic.twitter.com\/jSh2IHyAzy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Owuraku Ampofo (@_owurakuampofo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_owurakuampofo\/status\/1526142011107155970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What AshantiGold has become is a crying shame for a club that led and gave so much hope to Ghanaian club football. A real penny for the thoughts of the likes of Sam Jonah whose vision made AshGold a force on the continent in the early 90s.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Oti Adjei (@OtiAdjei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OtiAdjei\/status\/1526165809642479616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The decisions on the ASHGOLD ban is massive!<\/p>\n<p>Ghana football will be better off with strong bans like this!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thierry Nyann (@nyannthierry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyannthierry\/status\/1526138511656726529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Must applaud the thoroughness of the GFA&#8217;s report re the Ashgold and Inter Allies case. Phone records. Momo records etc. They did not leave anything to the mind.I expect some appeals etc but hats off.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Godfred Akoto Boafo (@eastsportsman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eastsportsman\/status\/1526169702082523136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"lP1O-DVa-Rg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards - Badwam Ahosepe on Adom TV (16-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lP1O-DVa-Rg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hours after Inter Allies and AshantiGold Soccer Club were found guilty of match manipulation; social media has been buzzing with comments. The Disciplinary Committee of the GFA found both clubs guilty of match fixing in their 2020\/21 Ghana Premier League Matchday 34 game. The GFA, in a statement on Monday, May 16, 2022, confirmed Ashanti [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1089456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[13771,872,5734,13643,1943,646,1016,1944],"class_list":["post-1089454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-allies","tag-ashgold","tag-inter","tag-matchfixing","tag-media","tag-reacts","tag-scandal","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1089454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1089454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1089454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1089454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}