Youth & Reserves

It’s been a few weeks since we carried a youth team report here on TheChels.net, but fear not, as we take a look at what’s been going on down on the academy side of the fence at Cobham. The month of October saw more difficulties befall Adie Viveash’s Under-18 team with three more defeats in the league and one in friendly competition, but they did pick up a win along…

With January fast approaching, the subject of Josh McEachran departing Stamford Bridge on loan is one which has been high on the agenda of many Blues supporters. This past week, Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers revealed that he has had long discussions with Chelsea about taking the 18 year-old midfielder to the Liberty Stadium for the remainder of the season. Whilst many have clamoured for McEachran to head north to the…

Brazilian forward Lucas Piazon made a first appearance in the blue of Chelsea yesterday afternoon as Adrian Viveash’s Under-18 team took on Arsenal in a friendly at the Emirates Stadium. Choosing to operate with a much younger squad than their hosts, Viveash’s charges put in a strong performance but ultimately lost 1-0 to a first half goal from England youth forward Zak Ansah. With the Premier Academy League on a…

A strong-looking Chelsea reserve side fell to a second consecutive defeat on Monday afternoon as visitors Wolverhampton Wanderers came away from Cobham with a 3-2 victory. First half goals from Jamie Reckord, Sam Vokes and Ashley Hemmings proved enough to seal the points for Steve Weaver’s side, who took advantage of some poor Chelsea defending, and despite goals from Milan Lalkovic and Romelu Lukaku, they were good value for their…

Chelsea’s Under-18 team suffered another defeat on Saturday morning as despite a strong performance against Arsenal, they succumbed to late strikes to lose 3-0. An experienced back four included Aziz Deen-Conteh and the returning Daniel Pappoe making his first appearance of the season, but there was also room for four schoolboys in Adie Viveash’s starting eleven in Mitchell Beeney, Alex Kiwomya, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Reece Mitchell. Arsenal featured no such…

Chelsea’s Reserve team tasted defeat for the first time since being crowed national champions last May as they went down by a single goal away to an impressive Aston Villa side. Callum Robinson’s first half opener came after an error of judgement by Rhys Taylor and despite some hard graft in midfield, Chelsea were unable to get back on terms. With international call-ups depriving coach Dermot Drummy of some key…