'Ghanaian Referees Demanded Bribe Before Officiating My Matches' - Tony Yeboah On Why He Sold Yegola FC

Former Eintracht Frankfurt and Leeds United goal poacher, Tony Yeboah has said he was forced to cash on his club due to poor officiating of matches.

Yeboah formed Yegola FC in 2008 which played in the 2A Zone of the Ghana Division One League.

Two years after, the club made it into the Division One League.

“I wanted to give back to society after my career. So I founded Yegola FC but poor officiating caused me to sell the club”. Tony Yeboah revealed to Kwabena Yeboah in an interview on GTV Sports+.

The Ghana legend also further highlighted that referees used to demand bribes ahead of games.

"I realized that in Ghana football when you don’t pay the referees, you don’t win matches. You don’t have to go and bribe them, they come to you. They tell you directly that if you are not there you will lose. That is the fact and truth.

"I always used to complain all the time about poor officiating during games.

"I remember one game against a club around Obuasi, the referees were so poor, the officiating was so awful. So I went to him and asked the referee if he knew me. I revealed my identity and told him how poor he was handling the game.

"The referee responded by asking if that was the first time coming to the league. He added that if I play at home, I am likely to get all the points but if I go away, I have to leave it to the other club. I was stunned at the revelation of the referee," he added.

Yeboah was part of Ghana's team that lost out on the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations.