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Chelsea began the defence of their FA Youth Cup crown on Saturday afternoon with an entertaining, if sometimes ragged, win away to Colchester United. Islam Feruz’s early opener was followed by a Lewis Baker double, and that proved enough to secure a 3-2 win. The margin of victory might have been greater if not for some poor finishing, but just as equally, they were made to work very hard for…
Chelsea’s defence of the FA Youth Cup begins this Saturday lunchtime away to Colchester United, and the Blues enter this year’s competition with perhaps more expectation on them to succeed than ever before. Not only are the Blues the current holders, but they also come into the fixture as the only unbeaten team in Professional Development League Under-18 football, with nine wins and two draws from their eleven fixtures so…
In a week where four more Chelsea youngsters headed out on loan, it was one of the new faces who impressed most. Patrick Bamford had a helpful debut for Milton Keynes Dons, racking up a couple of assists, whilst fellow left-footed forward Romelu Lukaku also made the headlines in grabbing his fourth goal of the season. Lukaku had an eventful and exciting twenty-minute cameo performance in front of the Sky…
On the final day of transfer activity for English football league clubs until the new year, three Chelsea youngsters departed on lower league loans, whilst a fourth will spend the rest of his season back at home overseas. Conor Clifford has joined League One outfit Crawley Town, his second spell in the division after a month at Portsmouth earlier this season, whilst Todd Kane and Patrick Bamford join him in…
It’s been another marquee week on the loan front, with Kevin De Bruyne, Nathaniel Chalobah and Ulises Dávila all finding the back of the net and making a positive impact for their teams. We’ll begin chronologically with Chalobah, who returned to Watford’s starting eleven on Saturday after being rested last weekend, and scored his first ever professional goal in a 2-1 win over Wolves at Vicarage Road. In a performance…
It was a dramatic Sunday afternoon in the North West for Chelsea’s Under-21s as St Helens’ Langtree Park stadium played host to a six-goal thriller against Liverpool. Goals from Michael Ngoo, Jack Robinson and Kristian Adorjan appeared to have consigned the Blues to defeat but a Jeremie Boga-inspired comeback saw them turn the game on its head in the second half and take a share of the spoils in a…
Chelsea’s Under-18 team secured safe passage to the national Elite Group of competition as Group 3 winners after winning 2-1 away to Liverpool on Saturday morning. Two second-half goals from Alex Kiwomya ensured Adi Viveash’s boys extended their unbeaten start to the season to ten games and maintained their seven point gap over second-placed Fulham, who beat Middlesbrough 6-0 to go within one point of joining their West London neighbours…
Chelsea’s Under-21s recorded consecutive wins for the first time this season as they comfortably dispatched of Crystal Palace 4-1 at Griffin Park on Monday night. A flurry of first half goals saw Todd Kane, Marko Marin and Patrick Bamford find the back of the net, whilst Lewis Baker added sheen to the scoreline in the second half. Marin’s inclusion was the eye-catching item on a team sheet missing Nathan Aké,…
It was an unusual week on the loan front, as none of Chelsea’s numerous youngsters playing elsewhere this season managed to find the scoresheet; just the second time this season that that has happened. So, in search of the focus of our attentions this week, we turn to Josh McEachran. The spotlight has been on the young midfielder more than usual in the last seven days, beginning with a 90…
Chelsea’s Under-18s twice fought back from behind to extend their unbeaten start to the season with a 3-3 draw away to Crystal Palace on Saturday morning. Adi Viveash’s young side found themselves 2-0 down inside the opening twenty minutes before restoring parity by half time, but were forced into another comeback late in the second half to make it nine consecutive games without defeat; the longest such streak for the…