Youth & Reserves

A week that started badly for Chelsea’s Under-21s ended badly as a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur at Aldershot on Friday night consigned them to consecutive defeats inside five days. Shayon Harrison once again played the role of chief tormentor, extending his own outstanding individual record against the Blues with a pair of goals either side of captain Milos Veljkovic also weighing in on the scoresheet. Tammy…

Chelsea’s Under-21s remain without a win since the opening day of the season as they went down to a 2-0 defeat at home to Manchester City on Monday evening. It was a typically close and well-matched contest between two of the country’s leading academies but City fared better on a chilly evening at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium and won courtesy of a first-half Bersant Celina free-kick and a late second from…

Chelsea’s Under-18s extended their lead at the top of the South league table with a 2-0 win over second-placed Reading at Cobham on Saturday morning. The two teams were separated by just a point coming into the contest and the margins were just as fine for the majority of the proceedings, but goals from Charlie Wakefield and Harvey St Clair meant the Blues were able to clinch victory despite a…

A goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time rescued a 2-2 draw for Chelsea’s Under-18s away to Fulham on Saturday morning. Richard Nartey’s composed strike at the death found its way through a crowded penalty box to ensure the Blues took a deserved share of the spoils, having taken a first half lead from a Harvey St Clair penalty, only to watch Fulham turn the game around thereafter. Both…

Chelsea’s Under-21s endured a frustrating evening at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium on Friday night as they went down to a 3-0 Premier League Under-21 International Cup defeat at the hands of Benfica. Goals from Diogo Goncalves, Joao Carvalho and Ruben Dias were sufficient to claim victory against an experimental Blues side featuring a number of players who, for one reason or another, haven’t had as much football as they would have…

Chelsea remain top of the Barclays Under-18 Premier League after a resounding 5-0 victory over Swansea City at Cobham on Saturday. The gulf in class between the Blues and the Category One newcomers was clear throughout and goals from Mukhtar Ali, Isaac Christie-Davies, two from Jacob Maddox and a first at this level for Malakai Hinckson-Mars ensured a suitably comprehensive final score, and it could easily have been more. Swansea…