August is yet to come to an end and we’ve reached the ten-goal milestone for the Chelsea Loan Army season, as well as passing the 100 appearances marker too. Four goals this week came from familiar sources, with two for a prolific marksman and one celebrating his first senior strike. Headliners Lewis Baker got us off and running with a goal in his first Middlesbrough start on Tuesday evening. Handed…
Chelsea’s Under-18s made it three wins out of three to begin the new season as they came away with a 4-0 win away to Norwich City on Saturday morning. George McEachran’s first-half strike gave the Blues an advantage they would never relinquish, and goals from Charlie Brown, Conor Gallagher and Martell Taylor-Crossdale after half time ensured a deservedly handsome final scoreline. Jody Morris was still without several players through injury…
The return of Eden Hazard from injury wasn’t enough to help Chelsea’s Development Squad overcome Everton as they suffered a 3-0 defeat at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium on Friday night. An own goal from Joseph Colley was followed by strikes from Beni Baningime and Oumar Niasse to hand Everton a win they might have merited overall, if not by such a handsome scoreline, as Chelsea huffed and puffed but struggled to…
A quieter week on the loan front was arguably headlined by the graduation of Andreas Christensen from star loanee over the last two years into stud Chelsea centre-half, following the Dane’s starring role in Sunday’s 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley, but as we focus on this year’s vintage, we instead focus on Marco van Ginkel, who continues to bang in the goals at PSV Eindhoven. Headliners The midfielder,…
Chelsea’s Under-18s maintained their winning start to the new season by defeating Reading 1-0 at Cobham on Saturday morning. An early strike from Dutch winger Juan Castillo ultimately proved enough to secure all three points for Jody Morris’ side, although they could and perhaps should have recorded a more handsome victory, such was the extent of their overall dominance. Castillo starting ahead of Tariq Uwakwe was the solitary change from…
