We’re back with another season of football set to begin at Category One level and if the previous seasons are anything to go by it’ll be an intoxicating ten months with no shortage of drama and plenty of promise. Here at TheChels.net we’re taking a look at what to expect from the 2014-15 season and we finish with a comprehensive look at Chelsea themselves. Standards are high down at the…
We’re back with another season of football set to begin at Category One level and if the previous seasons are anything to go by it’ll be an intoxicating ten months with no shortage of drama and plenty of promise. Here at TheChels.net we’re taking a look at what to expect from the 2014-15 season; today, the spotlight is on the teams Chelsea will be facing this year. Under-21 and Under-18…
We’re back with another season of football set to begin at Category One level and if the previous seasons are anything to go by it’ll be an intoxicating ten months with no shortage of drama and plenty of promise. Here at TheChels.net we’re taking a look at what to expect from the 2014-15 season and we begin by going through the various competitions Chelsea will be involved in. Barclays Under-21…
Chelsea’s Under-18 fixture list for the 2014-15 season has been confirmed today as the competition has once again undergone a few adjustments ahead of the big kick-off. Whilst things at Under-21 level have been split into two leagues of Category One teams based on performances last season the younger boys remain split by geography, with twelve teams in each of the Northern and Southern sections. However, there will be no…
French top flight club Bastia have this afternoon announced an agreement with Chelsea for the loan acquisition of Colombian forward Joao Rodriguez. The Corsican side, managed by former Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele, made the announcement on their official website this afternoon and the move is now subject to international clearance, although that should be a formality. Rodriguez agreed to join Chelsea back in 2012 after impressing for Deportes Quindío and…
It almost goes without saying that after a season in which more than thirty Chelsea players embarked on loan moves that we’re far from being done on that front this summer, but as we reach the one-week mark until the Football League (and Eredivisie) gets underway and we find ourselves two weeks out from the return of the Premier League, business is most definitely about to pick up. The Blues…
Chelsea’s Under-21s will begin the defence of their Barclays Under-21 Premier League title at home to Manchester City. In a repeat of the first ever fixture played in the ‘new’ Under-21 league back in 2012, the Blues will take on the team they edged on penalties in the Semi Final stage of last year’s competition as they open up the new campaign with a marquee fixture. It will be played…
Chelsea’s first team may have to wait until Wednesday to get their pre-season schedule of fixtures underway but their junior counterparts at Cobham are well and truly back in the swing of things as the first Saturday of the new campaign brought about a return to action for the Under-18 and Under-21 teams. Both sides are under new management for 2014-15 with Adi Viveash stepping up to replace Dermot Drummy…
It’s early July, which means it’s once again time to welcome a bunch of new faces into the Chelsea academy as the 2014-15 class of first-year scholars officially begin full-time work at the Cobham academy. How new they are to you however will be determined by how often you tuned into their FA Youth Cup winning campaign last season, and in reality, the full-time work has long since been a…
With the World Cup hurtling towards its conclusion more and more days of the week have become freed up with no live football to watch. Attentions have duly turned towards the return of club football for 2014-15 and whilst Chelsea’s first team aren’t set to return until Monday, the younger generation are already back and raring to go. At this time of year the potential stars of the future can…