Youth & Reserves

Chelsea’s Development Squad produced a good performance away to Reading on Monday night but came away from the Madejski Stadium pointless after going down to an unlikely 2-1 defeat. Iké Ugbo’s first-half strike was the least the Blues had deserved for a thoroughly dominant first half and, although their second half display didn’t quite hit the same notes, the notion of a defeat seemed unlikely until Sam Smith added to…

Chelsea’s Under-18s continued their strong home record at Cobham with a 4-2 win over Arsenal on Saturday morning. The Blues have struggled on the road so far this season but tend to be imperious on their own patch and, so it proved again here, as Martell Taylor-Crossdale helped himself to a hat-trick whilst Harvey St Clair chipped in with another as the duo continued their own prolific recent spells. Following…

Chelsea’s Checkatrade Trophy campaign got off to a losing start on Tuesday evening as they went down 2-1 away to Swindon Town but they will come away from the clash with a lot of credit and having learned plenty about senior football. Taking their place as one of sixteen development squads invited to take part in the Football League competition for third and fourth-tier sides, the Blues succumbed to a…

Chelsea’s Under-18s allowed a 3-1 half-time lead slip to a 5-4 defeat away to Norwich City on Saturday morning as their early season form on the road continued to disappoint. A brace from Martell Taylor-Crossdale – with one more arguably his – appeared to have put the Blues in a commanding position but a poor start to the second half allowed Norwich to score four quickfire goals from which they…

Chelsea’s positive start to the new Premier League 2 campaign continued in impressive fashion on Friday night as the young Blues beat an older Tottenham Hotspur team 3-1 under the Stamford Bridge lights. A controlled first-half display provided the platform for what was to follow in the second as Jay Dasilva, Isaac Christie-Davies and Fikayo Tomori all found the back of the net to make it two wins from two…

Chelsea’s Development Squad continued their largely impressive start to the new Premier League 2 campaign with a 1-1 draw away to defending champions Manchester United at Leigh Sports Village on Sunday afternoon. The Blues were the better team for long spells and were handed a first-half lead when Kyle Scott pounced on a mistake by goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, but they weren’t able to add to the scoreline in a second…