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Chelsea’s Under-21s bounced back from a defeat in their last outing to inflict a first league defeat of the season on Fulham as they triumphed 2-1 at Motspur Park on Friday night. An excellent first-half performance saw goals from John Swift and Lewis Baker put Chelsea in the ascendancy but despite their first half excellence, they found it much tougher after the break. Cauley Woodrow’s penalty reduced the arrears and…

Chelsea’s hopes of winning the first ever Barclays Under-21 Premier League Cup were ended on Monday evening as they were knocked out at the Quarter Final stage 1-0 by Arsenal. It took 120 minutes to separate the two London sides in a game fraught with tension and filled with glaring misses, but Benik Afobe’s strike early in the second period of extra time proved enough to edge the result and…

As we hit the time of year where many clubs are deciding upon scholarship offers for their 2014-15 intake of Under-18 footballers, it might be considered a quieter one than usual for Chelsea, where many of those moving into Adi Viveash’s group next term have long since been offered terms. However, that’s not to say that the staff at Cobham are resting on their laurels and where opportunities exist, they…

Chelsea’s Under -18s suffered a rare defeat on Saturday morning as they succumbed to a much superior West Ham side 2-0 away from home.. Early first half goals from Kieran Bywater and Jordan Brown did the damage on a bog of a pitch but despite the conditions, Chelsea never got going and struggled to play their game, perhaps playing as poorly as they have this season. Adi Viveash’s selection was…