A one-day workshop for Premier League Match Commissioners was held on Monday September 2, 2024, ahead of the start of the 2024-25 season.
President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, welcomed the Commissioners to the GFA Headquarters at Ridge, Accra, and expressed his gratitude for their sacrifices and commitment to the growth of football in the country.
He underlined the crucial role played by the officers tasked to supervise the organisation of Premier League matches and for ensuring that GFA Rules and Regulations are comprehensively observed.
“I want all of you to remember that our collective vision should be driven through hard work. Whatever it takes, whatever you have to do to deliver football to the best of your ability, you must not depart from it. We sit at home and we watch football on TV being delivered by some people and we enjoy it. We are excited tuning into the TV to watch what they are doing on the screens. We can also do same. I say that some of my classmates in the university are responsible for the things that you see in the La Liga, in the Bundesliga, in Serie A so why can we not do it. It is all about mindset, attitude and our determination to do what is right.” he charged the Match Commissioners.
The one-day workshop touched on a number of areas such as amendments to the Laws of the game, Integrity, the Competition Management System (CMS), Report Writing, the Role of the modern Match Commissioner and how to conduct successful Technical Meetings.
Head of the Information Technology department, Francis Essah Adu, took participants through the effective use of the Competition Management System in filing reports on matches.
Deputy General Secretary in charge of National Teams and CAF Match Commissioner, Alex Asante, also lectured participants on accepted standards of overseeing Matches and the core duties of match commissioning, including countdown on match days.
Retired referee Julian Nunoo took participants through a number of rules, regulations, clarifications and amendments to the current Laws of the game.
Other pertinent aspects of the game, including misconduct, compliance and protection of the game’s integrity were discussed.
