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Having only made 2 substitute appearances for Arsenal in the league during 1989/90, Kwame Ampadu failed to make a single league appearance during the 1990/91 campaign and completed a £50,000 transfer to Third Division West Bromwich Albion (42 league appearances) in the summer of 1991. Kwame was part of the West Brom squad of 1992/93 that finished fourth in the Second Division and went on to beat Port Vale 3-0 in the final of the play-offs, before he moved to Swansea City (147 league appearances) of Division Three for £15,000 in February 1994. One of his team-mates at the Vetch Field was the former Arsenal striker, Martin Hayes and Swansea went on to win the 1994 Autoglass Trophy before relegation two years later. After finishing fifth in the league during 1996/97, Swansea were beaten 1-0 by Northampton Town in the final of the Division Three play-offs and at the end of the 1997/98 campaign, Kwame was released on a free transfer. He signed for Leyton Orient (72 league appearances) of Division Three in the 1998/99 pre- season and underwent further heartbreak in the play-offs in his first season at the club, this time in Orient's 1-0 defeat against Scunthorpe United in the final. He was released at the end of the 1999/00 campaign on a free transfer and signed for Exeter City of Division Three in the summer of 2000. A further 36 league appearances followed during 2000/01 as 'The Grecians' narrowly avoided relegation by 5 points.
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