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Fans celebrate Hearts of Oak as club turns 110 today

By Vincent Ashitey
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Ghana Premier League club, Hearts of Oak is celebrating its 110th birthday today, Thursday,  November 11, 2021.

Formed on November 11, 1911, the oldest existing club in Ghana competes in the Ghana Premier League, the Premier Division on the Ghanaian football pyramid and plays its home matches at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The club can boast of a Premier League trophy, CAF inter clubs trophy, FA Cup, and more.

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Supporters of the club have taken to Social Media to celebrate their beloved club on its 110th anniversary.

The club was formed in Ghana on November 11, 1911 by a group of young men led by Christopher Brandford Nettey (later Asafoatse Nettey), a war leader of the Ga State in the colonial times and his other colleagues, Simon-Okraku brothers (Adolf, Alfred and Wilhelm), J.T .O Ankrah, J.A Aryee, Dodoo Annang, Darku Abbey, Mark Nettey, the Solomon duo (Amponsah and Kwashie), the Bruce-Tagoe brothers (W.W and T.F), Willie Ocran, TF Wilson, JDK Botwe, FD Amoo, Peter Malm and Quarshie Coker, Akom Duncan, all players of the team.

Hearts of Oak is the only club in Ghana that has won all the three continental competitions (CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup and the CAF Super Cup.

Hearts of Oak have won the Premier League twenty-one times, the FA Cup a record eleven times, the President's Cup twice, and the CAF African Champions League and the CAF Confederations Cup each once.

Ghana Premier League -21
Ghana FA Cup - 11
CAF Champions League - 1
CAF Confederations cup -1
CAF Super Cup - 1
FA Cup 11
Ghana Super Cup -5