{"id":99479,"date":"2023-09-13T08:22:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T08:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/13\/legon-cities-first-choice-goalkeeper-passes-on\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T08:22:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T08:22:39","slug":"legon-cities-first-choice-goalkeeper-passes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/13\/legon-cities-first-choice-goalkeeper-passes-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Legon Cities first choice goalkeeper passes on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20210614-WA0013-696x391.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"IMG-20210614-WA0013\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ghana Premier League side, Legon Cities FC, have confirmed the demise of goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey.<\/p>\n<p>The young and enterprising shotstopper passed away after a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old was confirmed dead on Tuesday by the club in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>According to the club, they are\u00a0devastated by the sudden demise of the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that we sadly announce the passing of our goalkeeper, Sylvester Sackey. Sackey has been with us for the last four seasons and was our first-choice goalkeeper for a greater part of the last two seasons,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis demise is a big blow to everyone associated with the club. Our hearts &amp; thoughts are with the bereaved family at this very difficult time. The club is in touch with the family of Sylvester and will communicate our next course of action in the coming days.\u201d<\/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\">His demise is a big blow to everyone associated with the club.<\/p>\n<p>Our hearts &amp; thoughts are with the bereaved family at this very difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>The club is in touch with the family of Sylvester &amp; would communicate our next course of action in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>RIP Sackey. \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udc94\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Legon Cities FC (@LegonCitiesFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegonCitiesFC\/status\/1701688411420029130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sackey made 19 appearances in the Ghana Premier League last season for Cities, making a lot of remarkable saves.<\/p>\n<p>He managed to keep seven clean sheets and conceded 20 goals in the process.<\/p>\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=\"18QXgiTTFkA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alleged Attempt to Oust IGP: We\u2019ll go deep into the matters on the leaked tape, Atta Akyea (12-9-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/18QXgiTTFkA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" 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>Ghana Premier League side, Legon Cities FC, have confirmed the demise of goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey. The young and enterprising shotstopper passed away after a short illness. The 26-year-old was confirmed dead on Tuesday by the club in a social media post. According to the club, they are\u00a0devastated by the sudden demise of the goalkeeper. \u201cIt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Legon Cities first choice goalkeeper passes on - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/13\/legon-cities-first-choice-goalkeeper-passes-on\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legon Cities first choice goalkeeper passes on - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghana Premier League side, Legon Cities FC, have confirmed the demise of goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey. 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