Month: March 2014

Chelsea’s love affair with the FA Youth Cup continues unabated as another cracker of a tie saw them best Newcastle United 3-2 in a tense Quarter Final affair fraught with controversy, confrontation and drama. The Blues went ahead through Dominic Solanke’s eighteenth goal of the season but they found themselves behind at the break – and for the first time in the competition this season – as Olivier Kemen’s dubious…

Chelsea continued their recent run of good form at Under-21 level with a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough at Aldershot on Saturday. The Blues may have had a weather-affected February but many of the group took part in the emphatic win over Milan in the UEFA Youth League and came into the match in good form. Isak Ssewankambo scored the only goal of the match with an hour on the clock…

A Chelsea Under-18 team packed with Under-16 schoolboys lost 3-0 to West London neighbours Fulham on Friday afternoon, their second home defeat in the space of a week. Dean O’Halloran gave Steve Wigley’s side the lead midway through the first half, Patrick Roberts doubled it just before the hour, and Aaron Redford came off the bench to round things off in style late in the game. Despite the relative comfort…

Chelsea’s Under-18s went down to a first home defeat of the season on Saturday as Leicester City claimed an impressive 2-0 win at Cobham. Second half strikes from Danny Rowe and substitute Chris Dusabe were enough for the Foxes to take all three points back home with them, and they did so deservedly after putting in a committed and disciplined display. Adi Viveash’s team selection was the usual mixture of…