9-man Hearts of Oak beat Kotoko in Kumasi

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May 3, 2016 12:52 PM

Exactly 38 years today, the Phobians turned Kumasi into a cemetery when they inflicted the Porcupine Warriors a 2-1 defeat.

On Wednesday 3 May, 1978,

Hearts broke the deadlock in the 15th minute through a goal from Bismark Odoi, but Victor Sereboe got the edqualiser for the Porcupine Warriors in the 53rd

Kotoko's equalizer didn't go well with the Hearts players, thus vehemently protested and in the midst of the confusion booted down referee Bah Alhassan, so after 10 minutes hold up he sacked Seth Ampadu and skipper Robert Hammond for challenging his decision.

Nine-man Hearts of Oak team shook Kumasi by netting the winning goal through the foot of Douglas Tagoe with two minutes to end proceedings.

16 soccer fans lost their lives and several others injured in a stampede after the match.

This was the first major disaster between these two bitterest rivals and after 23 years another disaster struck Ghana football, which resulted in the death of 127 souls on May 9th 2001 in this same fixture.

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