Youth & Reserves

Chelsea and Tottenham shared twenty-seven goals in five meetings at Under-18 level last season and, on Saturday morning at Hotspur Way, there was more of the same as the Blues edged a seven-goal thriller. Mukhtar Ali opened the scoring but strikes either side of half time by Ryan Loft and Charlie Owens turned the contest in the hosts’ favour. Chelsea responded well though, equalising through Isaac Christie-Davies before Ali and…

At the end of the summer transfer window Charly Musonda, who had been expected to go out on loan only for a number of factors to ultimately go against him, told the Belgian press of a positive discussion with Jose Mourinho in which he came away with the impression that there would be some first team minutes for him this season. At the end of a week in which the…

Chelsea’s Under-18s surrendered their unbeaten start to the 2015-16 season on Saturday morning as they went down to a 2-0 defeat away to West Ham United. In many ways the result demonstrated the unpredictable week-to-week proposition that is academy football as, although the Hammers had get to win themselves coming into the fixture, first-half goals from Declan Rice and Idris Kanu proved enough to get them off and running whilst…

With the first team toiling away at Everton, Chelsea’s Under-18s were embroiled in their own tricky lunchtime fixture away from home in the form of a trip to Leicester. Like the young Blues, the Foxes have started the season well and were twice ahead in this topsy-turvy encounter courtesy of goals from Harvey Barnes and Admiral Muskwe. This, however, is a Chelsea side that does not lose easily and after…

Chelsea began their Under-21 Premier League International Cup campaign with a 4-2 win over Liverpool at Aldershot on Friday night. The Group A opener – Celtic and Benfica complete the four-team set – swung back and forth for long spells with John Swift giving the Blues an early lead only for a Jerome Sinclair brace to put Liverpool in the deserved ascendancy at the interval. Kasey Palmer’s quick-fire hat-trick ensured…

Chelsea’s Under-18s continued their unbeaten start to the 2015-16 season with a 3-1 win over Southampton at Cobham on Saturday morning. Miro Muheim opened the scoring midway through the first half before doubling his tally later on with an early contender for Chelsea’s goal of the season. Southampton reduced the deficit through an equally impressive strike by Harley Willard to make the final quarter of an hour more interesting, but…