Academy Season Preview: Part One – The Competitions
A regular criticism of youth football in England is that teams simply don’t play enough games in order to develop sufficiently. In 2013-14, Chelsea will not be able to call upon that excuse as their Under-21s and Under-19s will take part in a combined six domestic and European competitions; an almost unprecedented tally in modern times. Dermot Drummy will lead his boys in the Barclays Under-21 League as well as…