Today in History: Hearts of Oak humiliate Kotoko in Cape Coast

They piped Asante Kotoko 0-1 at the Robert Mensah Sports Stadium in Cape Coast on December 24, 2006, on matchday 15 and again walloped them 3-1 in the reverse fixture two weeks later to record back to back wins over their opponents at the same venue.

Hearts of Oak scored the opener through Eric Gawu in the 40th minute after he collected a pass from Moses Andoh and went on to beat his marker before sending the ball into a yawning net. Hearts continued to probe for more goals and it came as no surprise when Don Bortey's shot was deflected into the net by defender John Cudjoe in the 44th minute.

Earlier in the 30th minute, referee Seidu Bomisson who handled the match, showed Kotoko's Ahmed Toure the red card for assaulting Hearts goalkeeper Laud Quartey.

Immediately the player was sent off the field, irate supporters of Kotoko threw bagged water sachets on Hearts goalkeeper, of which some supporters of Hearts of Oak retaliated and the match was held up for some minutes.

It took the peace officers about 10 minutes to bring the situation under control.

Kotoko resumed the second half strongly and in the 65th minute, substitute Kwame Obeng Darko reduced the tally to 2-1 when he out-jumped his marker to head home past keeper Quartey. Hearts again came into the picture after the Kotoko goal and it came as no surprise when substitute Alfred Nii Larbi raised his side's goal tally to three in the 78th minute to seal the doom of Kotoko.