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Chelsea’s bid to be European Under-19 Champions fell at the last hurdle on Monday evening as they lost 2-0 to Aston Villa in the NextGen Series Final. Despite dominating the first half, two penalties from Villa’s Graham Burke saw them claim the glory and follow Internazionale into the competition’s history books. Alex Kiwomya was sent off late on for a second bookable offence to compound an ultimately frustrating day for…

Twenty-four teams have been whittled down to a final two in this season’s NextGen Series, as Chelsea and Aston Villa prepare to face off on Monday evening for the right to call themselves Under-19 Champions of Europe. The all-English showpiece occasion was put together on a very Good Friday for both teams. Chelsea overcame Arsenal by the odd goal in seven over 120 draining minutes at Como’s Stadio Giuseppe Chinigaglia,…

Chelsea’s academy made it a fourth successive season with a Final appearance as their Under-19 team secured a place in the NextGen Series Final after a dramatic 4-3 extra time win over Arsenal Chuba Akpom had given Arsenal an early lead but a spell of three goals in ten second half minutes gave the Blues a commanding lead as Islam Feruz, Lewis Baker and Jeremie Boga all struck in quick…

The long Easter weekend is always a busy one on the football front, but it’s particularly jam-packed this year for Chelsea. Not only do the first team face the prospect of two games in the space of 48 hours, but the club’s Under-19 team head to Italy for the final stages of this season’s NextGen Series. A Friday afternoon Semi Final against Arsenal kicks off the extravaganza at Lake Como…

Chelsea became the first team to book their place in the Semi Finals of the NextGen Series after an emphatic 4-1 victory over Juventus. A spectacular first half display left Dermot Drummy’s boys firmly in control of the tie to the tune of goals from Lewis Baker and Alex Kiwomya and whilst the Bianconeri fared much better later in the game and reduced the lead through Daniele Rugani’s header, late…

A much-changed and generally inexperienced Chelsea Under-18 team went down 1-0 at home to Everton in Barclays Premier Academy League action on Saturday morning in atrocious conditions at Cobham. A solitary strike from striker George Waring in the game’s opening exchanges secured three points for Kevin Sheedy’s visitors in a game they controlled and rarely appeared threatened in. Heavy rain, high winds and a sticky playing surface (having already moved…