This is the last time Hearts and Kotoko played in final

Hearts of Oak have set a date with Kotoko in the final of the 2017 MTN FA Cup and this is the first time in 27 years these sides are facing off in the final of the oldest cup contest in Ghana.

Isaac Kwakye opened the score line, before Joe Debrah scored to make it 2-0, but hearts replied with goals from Yaw Preko and Ablade Kumah to make it 2-2.During the extra time Joe Debrah scored again and Sarfo Gyamfi finished it off with the 4th goal to make it 4-2. Nanabenyin who had a very bad day was substituted by Moffat in the goals.

Nanabeyin suspended and stripped of his captaincy

Nanabenyin, the 1st choice goalie and the captain of Hearts, was suspended and he was subsiquently stripped of his captaincy by Hearts’ management, for indiscipline after Hearts’ F.A Cup final loss to Kotoko

KOTOKO WERE DECLARED LOSERS

Kotoko were declared losers of the F.A because Joe Debrah who was very instrumental in Kotoko’s victory against Hearts was unqualified to play. Joe Debrah had received a yellow card in the national league, the national F.A Cup and the OGLCA competition, hence unqualified to play in the final of the F.A Cup, but Kotoko unknowingly used him for the match. Hearts of Oak filed a protest with the GFA and after series of sittings by the disciplinary committee of the GFA, Kotoko were finally declared losers on 23rd October, 1990. The then Chief Executive of Kotoko S.K Awuah reacted to the ruling and blamed the GFA for that, but nothing changed. The GFA took two months to declare Hearts of Oak the winners, because they didn’t want the it to interfere with the Black Star’s preparation for the nation’s Cup qualifiers.