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As we march ever closer to the finish line of the 2014-15 season, a number of Chelsea’s young loanees made their final appearances for their loan clubs this weekend, with at least one having cause for celebration. We start, however, with a goalscoring midfielder. Headliners Mario Pašalić has slowly, and slightly under the radar, become a dependable player for Elche this season in their battle to avoid relegation from La…
Chelsea’s Under-18s kept their hopes of adding the national league title to their recent slew of successes with a sensational 2-1 victory away to Manchester United on Saturday morning. In a match played at Altrincham’s Moss Lane stadium rather than in the usual confines of a training ground environment, Chelsea went behind early to a Marcus Rashford penalty and trailed for much of the game, but a wonderful second half…
Chelsea’s Under-21s kept up their hopes of retaining the Barclays Under-21 Premier League trophy after they came away from a potentially tricky trip to Southampton with a richly-deserved 2-0 victory. The young Blues controlled the contest throughout and were rarely threatened by their highly-rated hosts, and after Kasey Palmer had given them the lead with his latest highlight-reel strike, they looked good value for a victory eventually secured by Dominic…
Chelsea are FA Youth Cup winners yet again. For the fourth time in six years, the sixth time in club history, and for the second consecutive seasons the Blues are the cream of the country’s crop in Under-18 knockout football and secured their crown in beating Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Monday night, ensuring a 5-2 aggregate scoreline. They become the first side to retain the most prestigious…
For the first time in 2015 we have a Loan Report in which no goals were scored, but there have been some interesting events in the loanwatch world over the past seven days, not least atop the Championship. Headliners This week saw the promotion race come to something of a hilt as four sides scrapped for two spots. Middlesbrough, with as many as three Chelsea players on loan this season,…
Chelsea returned to Under-21 league action on Thursday evening and they did so with a win, defeating Everton 3-0 courtesy of Jordan Houghton’s opener, a late own goal by former Milton Keynes Dons defender Brendan Galloway which may yet be claimed by Tammy Abraham, who then added a third deep into stoppage time having come off the bench to great effect. With the match coming during a busy period of…
Chelsea have one hand firmly on the grasp of their FA Youth Cup title after coming away from the first leg of this season’s Final with a 3-1 win over Manchester City at the City Football Academy Stadium on Monday night. Tammy Abraham opened the scoring in spectacular style and although Isaac Buckley equalised almost immediately, Abraham’s 36th of the season restored that advantage after twenty minutes and it was…
So here we are again. To accept it as an inevitability would be doing the academy an immense disservice but for the fourth consecutive season and the fifth time in six years, Chelsea are in the FA Youth Cup Final. During that time they’ve won it on three occasions but are yet to successfully retain it, and so the aim against Manchester City over the next two Monday nights is…
As the end of the season moves ever closer, particularly in the English football league, the stakes remain high for a number of Chelsea’s loanees. For Patrick Bamford, the prize of Premier League football next season remains high on the agenda and this week he was up to his usual tricks in trying to drive his team there. Headliners Middlesbrough faced two games in the space of three days and…
Chelsea’s Under-18s returned to winning form in academy league action on Saturday with a 3-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at a sun-baked Cobham. First half goals from Miro Muheim and Iké Ugbo secured an advantage the young Blues never looked like ceding, and Mukhtar Ali capped the performance with a fine late free kick, just before George Cater grabbed a consolation for the visitors. A match day squad featuring…