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For a dead-rubber in a much-maligned competition, that wasn’t bad. Chelsea’s Checkatrade Trophy campaign came to an end on Tuesday evening with what should have been an unremarkable home date against League One promotion hopefuls Oxford United but, in front of a Stamford Bridge crowd of more than 6,000, the two teams played out a 13-12, seventeen-round penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw. The Blues deservedly prevailed to give themselves…

Chelsea’s Under-18s recorded their first away win of the season on Friday night as they beat Brighton 3-1 at a chilly Lancing training ground. A stunning opener from Martell Taylor-Crossdale, his eleventh of the campaign, set the Blues on their way, and although Dan Cashman equalised shortly before half time, the visitors emerged with all three points courtesy of further strikes by Richard Nartey and Callum Hudson-Odoi. Coming into the…

Chelsea’s Development Squad earned a deserved share of the spoils in their trip north to face title contenders Everton as Dujon Sterling’s early goal set them on their way to a 1-1 draw at the Merseyrail Community Stadium. The Blues included both Marco van Ginkel and Kurt Zouma in their starting eleven – the Dutchman joining the French defender in mounting a returning from a long-term lay-off – and were…

Chelsea’s search for an Under-23 victory will go on for at least another week after they shared a 2-2 draw at home to Derby County on Monday evening at Aldershot in a fixture headlined by Kurt Zouma’s first match action since tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in February. He was at the centre of attention in the first half, conceding a penalty from which Callum Guy eventually scored after the…

Chelsea’s search for an away win in the Under-18 Premier League this season continues after an entertaining 1-1 draw away to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday morning. The Blues took a first-half lead through Marc Guehi but that advantage was swiftly cancelled out by Samuel Shashoua’s well-taken equaliser. In a game that to’d and fro’d with both sides enjoying good chances, it was Chelsea who were presented with the best opportunity…

Chelsea’s Checkatrade Trophy adventure came to a premature end on Tuesday evening as a 3-2 defeat away to Exeter City at St James Park ensured that they will be unable to qualify for the knockout stages in the new year. A rather disappointing first half in which they were too passive and often intimidated by their more experienced foes saw them trailing 2-0 to goals from Ollie Watkins and David…