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…
Chelsea’s first Under-18 away game of the new season also saw them suffer their first defeat as they went down 3-2 to Southampton in a topsy-turvy encounter at Staplewood. Despite falling behind to Siph Mdlalose’s opener during a far from stellar start, Jody Morris’ youngsters rebounded well, and eventually established a lead courtesy of goals from midfielders Tariq Uwakwe and George McEachran. Unfortunately, a late Tyreke Johnson double ensured they…
It’s Tammy Abraham’s world, we’re all just living in it. The teenage forward continued to grab the headlines this week with three more goals to announce his arrival in the professional game loud and clear. Elsewhere, the Loan Army has expanded into the 20s over the past seven days, so let’s dive right in. Headliners We begin with Tammy though. After coming off the bench to match-winning effect for Bristol…
Chelsea kicked off the new Under-18 Premier League season on Saturday morning with a 3-2 win over West London neighbours Fulham in a pulsating affair at Cobham. Harvey St Clair and Martell Taylor-Crossdale had given the Blues a commanding first half lead only for Jayden Harris to reduce the visitors’ arrears before the break with a lovely flighted effort. St Clair looked to have put the result beyond doubt twenty…
So here we go again. The 2016-17 academy season is about to get underway and, as usual, Chelsea are set to be front and centre at almost all levels once again as they bid to continue to assert themselves as the premier youth setup in England. Having retained their Category One status for another three seasons they’re armed and ready to mount another defence of an FA Youth Cup crown…
The Loan Report returns for a brand-new season and it does so with a bang with no fewer than five goals to bring you from the first notable weekend of Chelsea loanee action in 2016-17. Headliners The opening weekend of the Football League season saw five Blues make their debuts for new clubs – one making his senior professional bow in the process – and, in the space of two…
The island of misfit toys, so the story goes, is inhabited by unloved playthings. Isolated and unwanted, there they stay under the rule of King Moonraiser until someone wants them, and a toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child. As the 2016-17 loan season begins in earnest we can apply some of this classic tale to affairs at Chelsea. Michael Emenalo is our King Moonraiser,…
Eight years ago this spring, fifteen young boys put pen to paper as official members of the Chelsea Football Club academy, Under-8s beginning their journeys amidst dreams of becoming the next big thing. This July, seven of them become the latest scholars in a long line of recent hot prospects coming through the system at Cobham along with three team-mates who have joined them along the way. It’s a hugely…
It seems as if we have the same conversation year after year on the Under-21 front. Questions about the quality and effectiveness of the Premier League structure abound relentlessly with prognostication from all-comers as to the direction things should be taken, whilst frustration sets in for Blues fans, players and staff alike at a perceived lack of opportunities to progress into the first team at Stamford Bridge. So, whilst it…