Chelsea’s second Premier League International Cup outing of the season didn’t quite go to plan as they were edged out 1-0 at home to a well-drilled Dinamo Zagreb team. In a match that never really got going, the Croatians were impressive at the back and made it count when Filip Mihaljević gave them a first-half lead they never really looked like relinquishing. The result brought to an end a seven-match…
Chelsea’s quest for a fourth successive FA Youth Cup triumph began in style on Tuesday evening with a 5-0 hammering of Cardiff City in the Third Round at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium. In control of things from minute one, the Blues once again outlined their credentials as favourites for the country’s most prestigious youth competition by clinically firing their way into a Fourth Round date away to either Oldham Athletic or…
The standard has been set. When Jody Morris took the reins from Joe Edwards this summer and took charge of Chelsea’s Under-18s, ensuring the club’s recent and proud record in the FA Youth Cup was right up there with any short-term aspirations. It’s not just that the Blues have won the last three editions, becoming the first team in more than sixty years to achieve such a feat, it extends…
The Loan Report has a warm and familiar feel to it this week, as not only did the scoring streak continue to cover every full seven-day spell of the season so far, but the Loan Army’s leading goalscorer found the back of the net for the first time since Halloween. Headliners Tammy Abraham knew he would encounter more than a few struggles in his first season of professional football, and…
Chelsea’s Under-18s signed off their league campaign for 2016 by ensuring they remain top of the Southern section for Christmas after defeating Norwich City 3-1 at Cobham on Saturday lunchtime. Unbeaten since losing 5-4 away to the Canaries in August, Jody Morris’ side have been going from strength to strength in recent week, and although this was a side missing several of those likely to feature in Tuesday’s FA Youth…
Chelsea’s Development Squad made it seven matches unbeaten as they defeated Manchester United in style by a 3-1 scoreline at The EBB Stadium on Friday evening. Despite trailing early to an Axel Tuanzebe header, Adi Viveash’s boys enjoyed the better of proceedings almost from start to finish and were quickly back on terms through Dujon Sterling’s fourth goal of an increasingly productive season. Jay Dasilva’s missed penalty threatened to throw…
It’s been quite the week on the Chelsea loan front with no fewer than five goals to bring you – taking us to a nice round 60 for the season so far – plus plenty of assists and other news besides. We begin with the most important strike of the weekend. Headliners It came at the Vitality Stadium, where Bournemouth came back from 3-1 down at home to Liverpool to…
Chelsea’s Under-18s extended their recent unbeaten run, but will feel that a 2-2 draw away to Arsenal on Saturday morning was a case of two points dropped after allowing their hosts back into the game late in the day. Iké Ugbo opened the scoring inside of two minutes and the Blues were well in command of the contest for long spells. Martell Taylor-Crossdale added a league-leading 13th goal of the…
The streak of a Chelsea loanee scoring in every full week of the 2016-17 club season continued over the past seven days thanks to a pair of League Two contributors. Headliners The first of those to chip in was a familiar face in Alex Kiwomya, notching his seventh of the campaign for Crewe Alexandra at home to Morecambe in midweek. His equaliser helped them turn around an early deficit and…
A busy Saturday for Chelsea at all levels got underway with a pair of academy matches at either end of the country. The Under-18s kicked things off with a late victory away to Fulham before the Development Squad twice came from behind to claim a point in a 2-2 draw away to Manchester City. Jody Morris’ youngsters got the day off to a fine start with a hard-fought 2-0 win…