Youth & Reserves

They had an extra man for the entire second half, they hit the woodwork and they missed sitters, but Chelsea’s Development Squad couldn’t quite find the winning recipe away to Tottenham Hotspur in Friday night’s Premier League 2 action at Stevenage’s Lamex Stadium. A Richard Nartey own goal had proved to be a setback for a Blues side that had started brightly in chilly Hertfordshire, but the match would swing…

Chelsea’s Under-18s recorded their biggest win of the season so far as they defeated Swansea City 6-0 at Cobham on Saturday. In their first competitive action for 42 days, the Blues looked keen to make up for lost time, and were in a comfortable position at half time courtesy of goals from George Nunn and Thierno Ballo. Pierre Ekwah Elimby added a third before then being sent off, but the…

Chelsea produced their finest academy performance of the season to reach the UEFA Youth League last sixteen as they beat Monaco 3-1 at Cobham on Tuesday evening. It was a performance that was required against one of the toughest opponents they’ve faced this, or any, season, as the French side featured a number of expensively-assembled talents alongside their home-grown best in a team where several came with first-team experience. They…

It was a disappointing Friday night under the Aldershot lights for Chelsea’s Development Squad as they were beaten 2-0 by Swansea City. Ethan Ampadu played a half and Jamie Cumming suffered a potentially serious injury in the closing stages of a forgettable contest in which the Blues simply didn’t find the right level of quality to impose themselves on their visitors from South Wales. Ampadu took his place in a…

A goal from Conor Gallagher was enough to earn Chelsea’s Development Squad their first win of 2019, arresting a run of four consecutive defeats in the process, and keeping them in touch at the top of a very congested Premier League 2 table. A 2-1 reverse away to Leicester on their last trip to the Midlands before Christmas was followed by disappointing results against Blackburn, Peterborough and Everton early in…

It’s all felt a little different for Chelsea’s Under-18s this season. The biggest and clearest difference is their premature exit from the FA Youth Cup; having won five in a row and seven of the previous nine, their Third Round exit at the hands of Manchester United was their earliest elimination from the competition in a decade, and has naturally raised questions from more casual observers as to why that…