17 May 2013
OK, so you might barely have recovered from Chelsea’s triumphant trip to Amsterdam to lift the UEFA Cup, but at TheChels we have no hesitation in celebrating the first anniversary of that extraordinary night in Munich 12 months ago – OK, 363 days ago, to be pedantic. On Sunday we’ll be revisiting a classic ‘Travels [...]
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13 May 2013
Chelsea relinquished their hold on the FA Youth Cup after losing 3-2 to Norwich City at Stamford Bridge on Monday evening, a result which handed the Canaries a 4-2 aggregate victory and a first competition win since 1983. Facing a one-goal deficit from the first leg, the young Blues started well and were on terms [...]
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12 May 2013
With the season close to an end, potential headline-makers for the Loan Report are becoming harder to find, but for the second week in a row, Kevin De Bruyne stood up and made himself counted by netting his eighth league goal of the season for Werder Bremen. Having grabbed a goal against Augsburg last week, [...]
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10 May 2013
Chelsea’s Under-18 team finished their 2012-13 league campaign on Friday with a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace at Cobham featuring goals from Dominic Solanke, Connor Hunte and Walter Figueira. With the second leg of the FA Youth Cup Final against Norwich City looming large on Monday, it was a heavily-changed team selected by Andy Myers, [...]
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09 May 2013
It would appear that Chelsea’s youth team ranks for the 2012-13 season are set to swell by one more at least, with news that Ecuadorian full-back/winger Josimar Quintero is to move from Barcelona to London this summer. In an interview with ECUAGOL, the 16 year-old spoke candidly about his future and the excitement of moving [...]
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05 May 2013
When deciding upon headline acts for the weekly Loan Report, deference usually goes to those who produce on the pitch, be it goals, assists, or clean sheets. Therefore this week, despite the stakes being considerably higher for other young Blues, we lead off with Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian international grabbed his seventh goal of [...]
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04 May 2013
Chelsea’s Under-18s succumbed to a talented Reading side on Saturday morning, losing 3-0 despite playing well for good spells and missing a host of chances. A late first half goal by forward Craig Tanner gave the Royals a narrow lead, one which was doubled early in the second half by full back Shaun Long. Tanner’s [...]
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29 April 2013
Norwich City edged the first leg of the 2012-13 FA Youth Cup Final courtesy of a last-gasp penalty in a pulsating opening game in front of more than 21,000 fans at Carrow Road. Both teams spurned a series of good chances throughout the night before former Chelsea schoolboy Cameron McGeehan converted a 94th minute spot [...]
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29 April 2013
Appearing in a third FA Youth Cup Final in four years is no mean feat in the modern era of football, but it’s something Chelsea will be doing this week as they prepare to take on Norwich City in the first leg of this year’s deciding tie. The Blues are seeking to be the first [...]
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28 April 2013
Another dramatic weekend of loanee action – particularly in England – saw some young Chelsea players draw their 2012-13 campaign to a close, whilst others have one very big game to come next weekend with very, very high stakes. It’s appropriate this week to begin with Nathaniel Chalobah, who scored what can only be described [...]
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