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Chelsea’s Under-18s extended their recent unbeaten run, but will feel that a 2-2 draw away to Arsenal on Saturday morning was a case of two points dropped after allowing their hosts back into the game late in the day. Iké Ugbo opened the scoring inside of two minutes and the Blues were well in command of the contest for long spells. Martell Taylor-Crossdale added a league-leading 13th goal of the…
The streak of a Chelsea loanee scoring in every full week of the 2016-17 club season continued over the past seven days thanks to a pair of League Two contributors. Headliners The first of those to chip in was a familiar face in Alex Kiwomya, notching his seventh of the campaign for Crewe Alexandra at home to Morecambe in midweek. His equaliser helped them turn around an early deficit and…
A busy Saturday for Chelsea at all levels got underway with a pair of academy matches at either end of the country. The Under-18s kicked things off with a late victory away to Fulham before the Development Squad twice came from behind to claim a point in a 2-2 draw away to Manchester City. Jody Morris’ youngsters got the day off to a fine start with a hard-fought 2-0 win…
The Loan Report returns from the last international break of 2016 and brings three more goals with it, as we tick into the second half century of goals this season. Strikes 51, 52, and 53 are below… Headliners Goal number 51 belongs to Nathan Aké, who marked his first AFC Bournemouth start in style by scoring the only goal of the game away to Stoke and helping his side to…
Chelsea’s Under-18s overcame a shaky first half display to run out emphatic 4-1 winners over Southampton at Cobham on Saturday morning. The Blues were uncharacteristically sloppy in the opening 45 minutes and deservedly found themselves trailing to Michael Obafemi’s goal, but with their long unbeaten home record in peril, they responded well after the restart and, inspired by schoolboy Callum Hudson-Odoi, they were able to seal a comprehensive victory to…
The final international break of 2016 has given us a fortnight without academy action at Chelsea and, therefore, provided us with a useful opportunity to reflect upon the first three months of the campaign so far. It’s been an interesting one on several levels; one which has seen the Development squad enter senior adult competition for the first time, whilst both they and the Under-18s have found it tough sledding…
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…
A quieter-than-usual loan week still produced two more goals, edging us ever closer to the half-century mark for the season. Goals 48 and 49 were scored by left-footed forwards who are experiencing rather different campaigns so far. Headliners Christian Atsu’s move north to Newcastle United has, for him, gone particularly well. The Ghanaian winger has spent much of the past two years nursing various injuries and ailments, somewhat stalling the…
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…