The final rounds of fixtures are closing in fast, nowhere moreso than in England, and with the finish line in sight, this week’s Loan Report saw a number of Chelsea loanees square off against each other. In League One, Patrick Bamford and the MK Dons headed east to take on Sam Walker, Billy Clifford, and Colchester United on Tuesday night, with three points imperative for both sides at either end…
Chelsea upset the Under-18 league form book and ended a run of six straight league defeats on Saturday morning with a 1-0 win over table-topping Fulham. A first goal at this level for schoolboy Dominic Solanke ensured a much-changed Blues side took all three points for the first time in two months, and they were fair value for the victory. Joe Edwards took charge of the team in Adi Viveash’s…
Chelsea’s young stars reached a third FA Youth Cup Finals in four years and kept alive hopes of being the first team to retain the trophy in half a decade after beating Liverpool 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, a result which secured a 4-1 aggregate victory. Having won 2-0 at Anfield last Friday, the Blues entered the second leg in a commanding position but were given food for thought early on…
A relative back-up Chelsea Under-21 team earned a very pleasing point away to Aston Villa on Monday evening after a 1-1 draw at Villa Park. Alfie Crooks had given the hosts a first half lead but Milan Lalkovic’s penalty after the break earned a deserved share of the spoils, although it required a late penalty save from Jamal Blackman to preserve them. For the third game in succession, Dermot Drummy…
The games are coming thick and fast as the conclusion of the 2012-13 season gets ever closer, and for Chelsea’s ever-large batch of young loan stars, there is still a considerable amount to play for. For Thorgan Hazard and Zulte-Waregem, a chance of a first ever title for the small West Flanders club is very much within reach, and the younger brother of the supremely talented Eden has been doing…
Chelsea find themselves in a commanding position in the FA Youth Cup once again after winning the first leg of their Semi Final away to Liverpool by two goals to nil. A closely-fought encounter was settled at the very death as Alex Kiwomya continued his fine form in this season’s competition, scoring for the fourth game in succession and taking his tally to six in five outings with two strikes…
Here we go again then. For the fourth season in a row, Chelsea’s youth team are in the Semi Finals of the FA Youth Cup. They’ve lifted the trophy twice in that run, with a last four defeat to Manchester United sandwiched in between, and now face another trip to the North West of England to face Liverpool as they seek to become the first team to retain the title…
With Easter out of the way, the final push to the finish line in the 2012-13 season has begun in earnest, and many of Chelsea’s young loanees have high stakes to play for in the final weeks of the campaign. Many of them are fighting for high rewards – titles, promotions or European qualification – but at the bottom of League One in England, Sam Walker and Billy Clifford are…
There was an unfamiliar name in the Chelsea Under-18 line-up away to Manchester United earlier this afternoon. Midfielder Kasey Palmer started in midfield, wearing the number eight shirt for the visiting Blues. He has thus far spent the most notable period of his career at Charlton, where he has this season been playing up with the main youth team despite still being a schoolboy. A 1997-born player, he featured in…
A busy Easter weekend across Europe has given us plenty by way of talking points for the latest instalment of the Loan Report, and we begin with a couple of new goalscorers. Patrick Bamford’s second spell at League One’s MK Dons has gotten off to an excellent start as the former Nottingham Forest man has struck twice in his last two games. A regular feature now fit after a hamstring…