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MAGNAY’S SERIOUS INJURY RAISES DOUBTS ABOUT CAREER
Chelsea’s 3-2 reserve friendly victory over Charlton at Cobham was marred by a serious knee injury to centre-back Carl Magnay, and the nature and severity of the problem raises immediate concerns as the long-term future of the Northern Ireland Under-21 international and Football Icon 2 winner. ...
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BLACKBURN U18S 0-1 CHELSEA U18S: TEMPERS FLARE IN HARD-FOUGHT WIN
After a tough and hard-fought tie in which tempers occasionally boiled over, Chelsea’s youth team prevailed in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup Semi Final on Wednesday night and returned to London with a 1-0 advantage, courtesy of an own goal from a familiar name to Blues followers. ...
LOAN ROUND-UP MAR 8-14 – BERTRAND GRABS FIRST EVER SENIOR GOAL
It took a long time coming – 129 games to be precise – but Ryan Bertrand finally put his name on a professional scoresheet this past week. Now sure, it may have come against Robbie Savage, but they all count, and you can be sure he’ll remember it. That’s where we start our loan ...
FRANK TALKING
Saturday’s matchday programme featured an interview with Frank Arnesen on all things Chelsea academy related. The Blues’ Sporting Director previously served as Head of Youth Development and Scouting, and is still deeply involved with everything in that area. ...
CHELSEA U18S 2-0 BIRMINGHAM U18S: YOUTHS WIN AS CUP SEMI LOOMS LARGE
In their final match before the biggest occasion of the season to date, Chelsea’s Under-18s cruised through Saturday’s academy league fixture against Birmingham City with a 2-0 win, as Milan Lalkovic and Jacopo Sala both netting for the second week in a row. ...
CHELSEA RES 3-0 STOKE RES – STURRIDGE LEADS STRONG TEAM TO WIN
Back in October, Chelsea’s Reserves travelled to Stoke’s Brittania Stadium to face a team in which every member had football league experience, and came away with a last-minute 3-2 defeat. In the return fixture on Wednesday evening, Steve Holland’s boys won for the first time in four ...
LOAN ROUND-UP MAR 1-7 – CUP DREAM DIES FOR BERTRAND
The weekly loan review gets that little bit shorter again this week after Patrick van Aanholt returned to Chelsea after his spell at Newcastle, but there was still a lack of major news, by and large. Ryan Bertrand saw his FA Cup run with Reading come to a grinding second-half halt, whilst there were ...
CHELSEA U18S 2-2 SOUTHAMPTON U18S – A STORY OF PROFLIGACY AND CALAMITY
Chelsea’s Under-18s dropped two points at home in the FA Premier Academy League on Saturday morning, drawing 2-2 with Southampton. Having led 2-0 in the first half, defensive lapses and one error of monumental proportions allowed the visitors to come away with a deserved share of the spoils in ...
YOUTH INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP MAR 2-4 – YOUNG BLUES ENJOY PRODUCTIVE WEEK
It’s been a busy midweek of youth international representation for young Blues, with notable achievements for at least half a dozen of the burgeoning talents as they headed away from Cobham to play for their countries. With a lot to cover, let’s dive in. ...
YOUTH AND RESERVES AND TWITTER, OH MY
Forgive the Wizard of Oz reference in the title if you will. There are times when news breaks concerning the Chelsea Youth and Reserve team, but it might not warrant a full article for one reason or another. There is an alternative, and growing means of news reporting. Intrigued? Please, do read on. ...
LOAN ROUND-UP FEB 22-28 – CORK DOING WELL AS VAN AANHOLT DECISION LOOMS
A quiet seven days in loan land has seen headlines hard to find, as you may have realised by this tame latest effort. But, you can only work with what life throws at you, and this week we’ve seen Jack Cork begin to establish himself at Burnley, and Miroslav Stoch miss FC Twente’s European ...
WEST HAM RES 2-1 CHELSEA RES – BLUES DEFEATED IN TOUGH BATTLE
With attentions firmly turned elsewhere on a Champions League Wednesday, it would have been easy to forget that Chelsea’s Reserves were in midweek action with a rescheduled fixture away to West Ham. A young and makeshift team battled hard in poor conditions throughout but ultimately fell short ...
LOAN ROUND-UP FEB 15-21 – CORK SHINES AS STOCH RECEIVES NEW CONTRACT OFFER
For the second week in a row, Jack Cork is the main focus of the loan round-up. After making his Premier League debut away to Fulham, he made his first start this Sunday away to Aston Villa, and whilst Burnley toiled in a 5-2 defeat, the England Under-21 international was the Clarets’ best player ...
