Chelsea’s Under-18s continued their strong home record at Cobham with a 4-2 win over Arsenal on Saturday morning. The Blues have struggled on the road so far this season but tend to be imperious on their own patch and, so it proved again here, as Martell Taylor-Crossdale helped himself to a hat-trick whilst Harvey St Clair chipped in with another as the duo continued their own prolific recent spells. Following…
Chelsea’s Checkatrade Trophy campaign got off to a losing start on Tuesday evening as they went down 2-1 away to Swindon Town but they will come away from the clash with a lot of credit and having learned plenty about senior football. Taking their place as one of sixteen development squads invited to take part in the Football League competition for third and fourth-tier sides, the Blues succumbed to a…
Chelsea’s Under-18s allowed a 3-1 half-time lead slip to a 5-4 defeat away to Norwich City on Saturday morning as their early season form on the road continued to disappoint. A brace from Martell Taylor-Crossdale – with one more arguably his – appeared to have put the Blues in a commanding position but a poor start to the second half allowed Norwich to score four quickfire goals from which they…
Chelsea’s positive start to the new Premier League 2 campaign continued in impressive fashion on Friday night as the young Blues beat an older Tottenham Hotspur team 3-1 under the Stamford Bridge lights. A controlled first-half display provided the platform for what was to follow in the second as Jay Dasilva, Isaac Christie-Davies and Fikayo Tomori all found the back of the net to make it two wins from two…
Away from the manic madness of transfer deadline day at first-team level, the academy was just as busy throughout Wednesday in sending an unprecedented nine players out on temporary moves; the inflated tally almost something of an inevitability due to the scrapping of England’s emergency loan window for Football League clubs. Here’s how a breathless day unfolded for the Blues’ loan army. Following the road well-travelled For some of those…
We’re not even into September yet but we’re up to 13 goals from Chelsea’s loanees this week after Tammy Abraham and Jeremie Boga found the back of the net this week. We lead with them whilst checking in on the newest loanee ahead of this Wednesday’s transfer deadline. Headliners Abraham popped up first on Tuesday night with an extra time winner for Bristol City in their League Cup tie at…
Chelsea’s Development Squad continued their largely impressive start to the new Premier League 2 campaign with a 1-1 draw away to defending champions Manchester United at Leigh Sports Village on Sunday afternoon. The Blues were the better team for long spells and were handed a first-half lead when Kyle Scott pounced on a mistake by goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, but they weren’t able to add to the scoreline in a second…
Chelsea’s Under-18s bounced back from defeat to Southampton last time out to record a resounding 5-0 victory over Swansea City at Cobham on Friday afternoon. The Blues were made to work for their reward on a swelteringly hot August day as they faced a determined Swans rearguard but, after Martell Taylor-Crossdale finally broke through with an early second half penalty, they were well on their way. Further strikes from Harvey…
Chelsea’s strong start to the new Premier League 2 season continued as they marked their first home game of the campaign with a stylish 4-1 victory over Liverpool at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium on Monday night. The hosts controlled proceedings from first to last, and were more than good value for the three points, but they were made to wait before being able to secure a result. Josimar Quintero opened the…
The early-season goalscoring form on the Chelsea loan front continued in earnest this week with Alex Kiwomya weighing in with a brace and Lewis Baker notching his first of the campaign in another productive seven days. Headliners Kiwomya deserves to steal the headlines though as he continues to make good on his third spell away from Cobham. Nondescript stays at Barnsley and Fleetwood brought about several question marks concerning the…