It will be 22 years on Saturday 30th November 2019 since the demise of the revered and much idolized Shamo Quaye who mysteriously passed on to eternity in 1997.

Wife of the late Hearts of Oak idol, Ernestina Yamoley Annang says the family have been neglected by the club his late husband wholeheartedly served for many years before moving on to Sweden to play for Umea since his demise in 1997.

In an interview with GTV Sports plus Dr. Kwaku Fosu Asare on Thursday night,she recounts that the only thing the club did was to help in the burial of the late Shamo Quaye and that was all.

According to her the apparent neglect from the club left a sour taste in her mouth since all they did was to bury Shamo Quaye and that was all.

"All Hearts of Oak did was to help in the burial aside that they did nothing; they left us to our fate"

"We were not given a penny I was surprised by their action because they had worked with him for a long time before he traveled abroad"

"But for the support of some individuals like Harry Zakkour, Fawaz Zouk,Hon Nii Lantey Vaderpuye, coach Tony Lokko, my late mother and  Pastor Adeti of Elkana Prayer Ministry I  don't know what I would have done"

"I felt very bad about the way and manner the club treated us" she lamented.

His late wife recounts that at the time of his husband's death their first child was six years old while the youngest was just six months old.

Shamo 'leather' as he was affectionately called by most footballing loving fans especially that of Accra Hearts of Oak who he excited for many years with his sheer footballing talent, skill and panache on the pitch.

Shamo Quaye was part of the famous Accra Hearts of Oak musical youth, promoted to the first team of the Phobians in the late 1980’s by Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe following a mass clear out of senior players then by Dr. Nyaho.

He was the epitome of the beautiful game and a strong ambassador of the local game with Kotoko's Joe Debrah at the time.

Matches between Kotoko and Hearts was always a delight to watch and these two players were the shining lights in these teams.