Osei Sankofa in Shrimper playing days
Never winning over the majority of the Blues faithful defender Osei Sankofa, many will still be surprised that he's ended up in the League's sixth tier at Conference South side Farnborough.
Then again we've seen with Francis Laurent's trails and tribulations, it's not easy out there.
On 23 June 2008, Sankofa joined the Shrimpers on June 23rd, 2008 after being released by Charlton Athletic.
However, Osei was used primarily as a utility player for the club where he played games at right-back or centre-half, and never managed to hold down a regular first team place in two seasons, though when he looked like he may get a run last year, he got injured!
Sankofa was released by Southend in May 2010.
Sadly for Osei, and his defensive skills, his debut at the weekend ended up in a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Dover Athletic where Harry Crawford didn't play so we're presuming Harry is back at Roots Hall after his month's loan.
No mention of Osei, luckily for him maybe, by either club's report:
www.farnboroughfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=928:match-report-dover-6-farnborough-3&catid=1:latest&Itemid=196
Farnborough F.C., established 2007, were originally known as Farnborough Town F.C. from 1967 until May 2007, rising to national attention again in January 2003 when they were drawn to play Premiership champions Arsenal in an FA Cup 4th round tie. Although Farnborough were drawn at home, they switched the venue to Arsenal's Highbury stadium; Farnborough lost the tie 5-1.
After going into administration they had 10 points deducted in the 2006-07 season, and yet still finished 11th in the Conference South. However Farnborough Town F.C. went into liquidation in May 2007 and Farnborough F.C. was set up with the name being voted for by fans. The new club started the 2007-2008 season in the Southern League Division One South & West.
In the 2009/10 season, with the team easily on course for the league title, the club were forced to battle a winding up order in court. This led to rumours of more financial peril just three seasons after the new club formed. On 17/04/10 they officially claimed top spot in the Zamretto Premier League, and were promoted to Conference South.
Go on you know you want one, a shirt that is, nice hair though
The Sankofa Files
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osei Omari Kwende Sankofa | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1985 (1985-03-19) | ||
| Place of birth | Streatham, London, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Farnborough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002-2008 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Bristol City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Brentford (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2008-2010 | Southend United | 39 | (0) |
| 2010- | Farnborough | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2002- | England U18 | 9 | (0) |
| 2004- | England U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:44, 10 September 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
(Player and team information supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei_Sankofa)