The Loan Report: November 24-30

November 30, 2014

Patrick Bamford’s third goal in four matches and definitive proof that Marko Marin not only exists but is actually contributing in a meaningful fashion for Fiorentina are this week’s Loan Report lead stories, with everything elsewhere remaining much the same as you’re used to. Headliners Bamford took a little while to settle at Boro and has a host of very handy strikers to compete with but it was something he…

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Chelsea’s FA Youth Cup History

November 30, 2014

As we get set to embark on a 63rd FA Youth Cup campaign, many people may not realise that Chelsea have a rather proud history in the competition. The Blues might well have won three of the last five iterations of the prestigious tournament and will be favourites to reach a fourth final in succession but, if you trace their roots back to the fledgling days of the cup in…

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The Loan Report: November 21-23

November 23, 2014

The first Loan Report of the post-international window will read much like those that preceded it. Patrick Bamford scored again for Middlesbrough whilst everybody else ranged from involved without being spectacular to being completely anonymous as per usual. Headliners At least we can hang our hat on Bamford, for the time being at least. He was left on the bench for their trip to Wigan but was introduced to the…

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Under-18s: Chelsea 3-0 Arsenal

November 21, 2014

Chelsea remain very much at the business end of the Under-18 Premier League South Division after an emphatic 3-0 victory over Arsenal at Cobham on Friday. A goal in each half from Dominic Solanke and an 18th of the season by Tammy Abraham in between secured a supremely impressive three points for the Blues and went a long way to avenging a painful 5-1 reverse at London Colney back in…

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Under-18s: Chelsea 3-2 Fulham

November 14, 2014

Chelsea’s Under-18s ensured that the first ever lice televised league youth team fixture broadcast on Chelsea TV lived up to the standards previously exhibited by the younger age group by sealing a dramatic 3-2 win over Fulham on Friday night. Under the floodlights of Cobham on a cold and misty November evening Joe Edwards’ young Blues flew out of the traps and were two goals to the good early on….

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Loan Frustrations

November 10, 2014

It’s hardly been a stellar first third of the season as far as Chelsea’s young loan army are concerned. Now sure, it’d be unfair to compare things to the 2013-14 campaign when a record-breaking 126 goals were scored by more than thirty players at in excess of forty clubs; that sort of production simply isn’t achievable on a consistent basis. Yet as winter draws ever closer and the January transfer…

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The Loan Report: November 3-9

November 9, 2014

We’ve got another goal to lead off this week’s instalment of the Loan Report and it comes from a familiar face. Patrick Bamford has been banging in the goals for an assortment of clubs since joining Chelsea almost three years ago and he’s starting to find his groove at Middlesbrough. Headliners His belated arrival on Teesside combined with an already impressive array of attacking talent meant his integration into Aitor…

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Under-21s: Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United

November 9, 2014

Chelsea’s Under-21s shared the spoils with Manchester United following a hard-fought and typically high-quality league clash at Stamford Bridge on Remembrance Sunday. The visitors were afforded the chance to take the lead early in the second half when Ola Aina was harshly adjudged to have handled the ball inside his own penalty area but whilst Will Keane converted from the spot, Andreas Christensen headed an equaliser to ensure Adi Viveash’s…

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The Loan Report: October 27 – November 2

November 2, 2014

Last week’s Loan Report was perhaps the least eventful in the history of the weekly catch-up but, seven days on, we come with better news and, most importantly, GOALS! Headliners Patrick Bamford netted his third goal of the season for Middlesbrough on Saturday as he helped Aitor Karanka’s team to a 3-0 victory away to Rotherham United. It was the England Under-21 international who opened the scoring with a nifty…

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Under-21s: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Chelsea

October 27, 2014

Chelsea’s unbeaten start to the Barclays Under-21 Premier League campaign came to an unfortunate end on Monday evening as they were defeated 1-0 by Tottenham Hotspur at Stevenage’s Lamex Stadium. The Blues never really got up to speed and at times looked a shadow of their better selves and were ultimately made to pay for a below-par outing when Emmanuel Sonupe slammed in a last-gasp winner for Ugo Ehiogu’s side,…

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