Chelsea’s Under 18s made it two wins from two at the start of their league campaign after beating West Ham United 2-1 at a rain-sodden Cobham. The Hammers had taken an early lead in spectacular fashion but the Blues responded well and after Tammy Abraham had restored parity, George Cole scored the goal which would secure the points. Both teams had chances aplenty in the second half, especially the visitors,…
Thorgan Hazard has this week’s Loan Report headline all to himself as he netted both of Zulte Waregem’s goals in their 2-0 win over Mons. We kick off the round-up in Belgium. Headliners It’s been an interesting start to the 2013-14 season for the younger Hazard. He started the season with a goal from a spectacular long-range free-kick, before being handed the club captaincy only to see the offer withdrawn…
Chelsea got their Under-18 season off to a winning start on Saturday morning with a 3-0 win over Sunderland at Cobham. Despite controlling the game for the most part, the Blues were made to wait for their opening goal, but it was worth staying patient for. Charly Musonda’s delightful free kick opened the scoring early in the second half, and a late brace from Dominic Solanke sealed the first three…
Chelsea’s Under-21s got their season up and running with a highly impressive 4-1 victory away to Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium on Friday night. It was a game of set-pieces as the hosts took an early lead through an Omar Rowe free-kick but Man of the Match Lewis Baker provided a dead-ball equaliser for Alex Davey before Isaiah Brown gave the Blues the lead with his second in as many…
With the Barclays Premier League and La Liga in Spain yet to get underway, the English lower leagues continue to take the early season spotlight on the loan front. Business is, however, set to pick up from here on out, but it’s been a largely positive start to the season for many young Chelsea youngsters. Headliners Patrick Bamford scored four goals in a little over a dozen appearances in his…
With the 2013-14 pre-season now in the books, we can take a look at how Jose Mourinho used the players available to him ahead of the big kick-off against Hull City (Tigers?) next weekend. Seven games across nearly 25,000 miles of travel saw in excess of thirty players turn out in what was undoubtedly the largest scale summer schedule the club has ever embarked upon. Some, like Eden Hazard and…
Chelsea’s Barclays Under-21 Premier League campaign got off to a less than auspicious start on Friday evening as they lost 4-2 to Tottenham Hotspur at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium. Despite having taken the lead through a Josh McEachran penalty, the young Blues were at times overwhelmed by an older and more determined Tottenham side, who scored three before half time and saw the game out in the second half with professionalism…
With six competitions and what is likely to be a packed schedule for 2013-14, pre-season preparations have seen two very distinct squads formed between the Under-21 and Under-18 teams. They’re both deep in terms of talent and depth, and whilst we’ll doubtless see a few players overlap between the two over the course of the campaign, the core of each team is easily identifiable as the big kick-off approaches. Dermot…
The relationship between Chelsea and Vitesse Arnhem has taken considerable steps this summer, and shows no sign of slowing down as news emerged late Thursday evening of Lucas Piazon’s loan move to the Dutch club. Piazon’s public relations manager, Fabiano De Souza, confirmed in a statement on his Twitter feed (@fabianodesouza) that the young Brazilian forward would be featuring in the Eredivisie during the forthcoming season: “As part…
In the second of our three-part academy season preview, we take a look at the 21 other clubs who have achieved Category One status under the Elite Player Performance Plan and are therefore set to face Chelsea at Under-21 and Under-18 levels this year. Arsenal A welcome return to the fixture list after a season without a game against the Gunners, it’s been an interesting couple of years at the…