Youth & Reserves

Chelsea’s Development Squad suffered a first league defeat since September as they went down 4-3 to Manchester City at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Brahim Diaz’s hat-trick did the damage as, despite mounting a comeback from an early two-goal deficit courtesy of Charly Musonda and Josimar Quintero, they suffered a second-half sucker punch with a dubious penalty awarded by Premier League referee Kevin Friend, and a fourth from Isaac…

Chelsea’s Under-18s began a busy day of club action in emphatic style after recording a remarkable 13-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion at Cobham. Four goals from substitute Charlie Brown and hat-tricks from Martell Taylor-Crossdale, Luke McCormick led the way, with Conor Gallagher, Harvey St Clair and Cole Dasilva also getting in on one of the more unbelievable scorelines of this, or any, season. Following the FA Youth Cup…

Chelsea’s Under-18s reached the Semi Finals of the FA Youth Cup for the eighth year in succession as they battled to a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Leicester City on Wednesday evening. In a performance which was some way short of their free-flowing best, the youngsters were forced to dig in and scrap their way to victory on an extremely wet evening at the King Power Stadium; Iké Ugbo’s second half…

Chelsea’s Under-18s made it a hat-trick of Southern section league titles on Saturday morning as they came away from Leicester City with a 3-0 win. First half goals from Martell Taylor-Crossdale and George McEachran established control of proceedings and a late Luke McCormick penalty ensures a third straight season topping the Southern table for the Blues, who will now prepare for the Elite stage of merit group competition, where the…

Chelsea’s Under-18s moved to within a win of securing a third consecutive Southern section title on Saturday morning after defeating second-placed Reading 2-0 at Hogwood Park. In a hard-fought match between the two teams that have made much of the going in the Southern section this season, goals late in either half from George McEachran and Callum Hudson-Odoi took Jody Morris’ side eight points clear at the top of the…

Chelsea booked their place in the last eight of the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday evening with a comfortable 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at Aldershot. First half goals from Trevoh Chalobah and Iké Ugbo underlined a dominant first-half display that provided the platform for their safe passage through to the Quarter Finals, with captain Mason Mount adding to the scoreline later in the game with what was his fifth…

Chelsea’s Under-18s warmed up for their midweek FA Youth Cup tie against Sheffield Wednesday with a 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Cobham on Saturday. In a typically entertaining London derby between two top-class academies, it was Chelsea who were able to establish a strong lead, as goals from George McEachran and Martell Taylor-Crossdale twice put them three to three good shortly after half time. They were however made to…