Month: September 2012

Chelsea lost their first Under-21 match of the season on Friday night, going down 4-1 to an opportune and talented Liverpool outfit.  A scoreless first half belied an action-packed second, with Jack Robinson, Conor Coady, Krisztian Adorjan and Michael Ngoo grabbing goals for the visitors. Patrick Bamford’s effort had offered hope in response but turned out to be a mere consolation. Chelsea’s headline act, at least in terms of team…

Club football has taken a back seat over the last ten days or so with the international game front and centre, but there’s still been plenty of action involving Chelsea players of all ages and at all levels. Therefore, without further ado, here’s a rundown of who’s done what, where, and how, beginning with the senior pros: Senior Internationals Petr Cech kept a clean sheet for the Czech Republic away…

It may well be an international weekend, but both Chelsea’s Under-21 and Under-18 teams were in action over the weekend as the club attempts to keep them playing a minimum of one game per week. The Under-21 squad hosted Charlton on Friday afternoon in a match which featured a few more experienced faces in need of match fitness. To that end, Ross Turnbull and Paulo Ferreira started the match, as…

Chelsea’s first junior foray into Stamford Bridge this season was a memorable one as a superb second half display saw them run out 5-0 winners over Wolves.  Lucas Piazon’s early opener put the Blues in the ascendancy and whilst Wolves had their moments, they didn’t take them and were made to pay by further strikes from Jeremie Boga, Aziz Deen-Conteh and Lewis Baker in a 10 minute spell of wonderful…

Chelsea’s Under-18s returned to league action after a week off and retained their 100% start with a 2-0 win over Wolves at Cobham.  Second half goals from captain John Swift and forward Islam Feruz secured a deserved three points against a solid Wolves team determined to bounce back from a 7-1 hiding at Fulham last weekend. Such is the depth available to coach Adi Viveash, only Jon Muleba, Kevin Wright,…