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The Loan Report: September 24-30 Travels with The Chels – Napoli Under-18s: Chelsea 4-2 Middlesbrough Under-21s: Chelsea 1-3 Middlesbrough
 
The Loan Report: September 24-30

The Loan Report: September 24-30

As regular readers of The Loan Report will know, we like to highlight big achievements as and when they occur. Typically, this takes the form of a goalscoring performance by one of Chelsea’s young loanees, and more often than not it’s a big, recognisable name. However, every now and then it’s one of the more [...]

Travels with The Chels – Napoli

Travels with The Chels – Napoli

Sadly the Travels are nearing their end. For various reasons I won’t make any of the away group games this season, so just a couple remain in the locker. So it’s time to go back to what, at the time, appeared likely to be Chelsea’s final Champions League game last season. I hadn’t originally intended [...]

Under-18s: Chelsea 4-2 Middlesbrough

Under-18s: Chelsea 4-2 Middlesbrough

Chelsea’s Under-21 team may be going through a sticky patch but their younger counterparts are going from strength to strength and recorded a fifth successive win on Saturday morning in defeating Middlesbrough 4-2 at Cobham. The win ensured that Adi Viveash’s boys retained their 100% record so far this season and with Fulham having suffered [...]

Under-21s: Chelsea 1-3 Middlesbrough

Under-21s: Chelsea 1-3 Middlesbrough

Chelsea’s winless streak at Under-21 level was extended to three matches on Friday night as Middlesbrough made the long trip south and came away with a thoroughly well-earned 3-1 win.  A late first half strike had given them the lead and although Chelsea responded during a strong second-half spell, they were undone by two late [...]

Remember Romeu?

Remember Romeu?

27 September 2012

Before Tuesday night’s League Cup outing, Oriol Romeu had not featured in a Chelsea shirt since April, when he was in the team which played away to Arsenal. He was absent from the club’s pre-season stateside and the only real indication he still existed before this midweek was a token place amongst the substitutes in [...]

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Under-21s: Crystal Palace 2-2 Chelsea

Under-21s: Crystal Palace 2-2 Chelsea

24 September 2012

Chelsea’s Under-21 side twice came from behind to secure a well-deserved draw away to Crystal Palace on Monday night.  The unfamiliar sight of George Saville finding the back of the net was odd in the first instance, but he repeated the feat in the second half to prevent the hosts from taking all three points [...]

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The Loan Report: September 17-23

The Loan Report: September 17-23

23 September 2012

The Belgians are good. Kevin De Bruyne scored for the second successive week for Werder Bremen in Germany whilst Romelu Lukaku helped keep up the momentum in a fine start to the season for Chelsea’s loanees with his second goal in West Bromwich Albion colours this weekend. It’s with the big striker that we start [...]

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Under-18s: Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace

Under-18s: Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace

22 September 2012

Chelsea’s Under-18s remain perfect so far this season as they made it four wins from four in a hard- fought 3-1 win over Crystal Palace at Cobham.  First half strikes from John Swift and Jesse Starkey had the Blues in the ascendancy and a third midway through the second period from Reece Mitchell looked to [...]

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The Loan Report: September 12-16

The Loan Report: September 12-16

16 September 2012

Each week this season, the Loan Report (or the International report, as it predominantly was last week) has featured a Chelsea youngster scoring for his temporary club. That trend continued this week with Tomas Kalas, Kevin De Bruyne and Milan Lalkovic all finding the back of the net for the first time this season, and [...]

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Under-18s: Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool

Under-18s: Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool

15 September 2012

Chelsea maintained their perfect record at Under-18 level this season with a come-from-behind win over Liverpool on Saturday morning.  The visitors has taken an early second half lead through Daniel Trickett-Smith but the Blues responded well and turned the game around with goals from Jordan Houghton and Alex Kiwomya to win 2-1.  As has been [...]

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Under-21s: Chelsea 1-4 Liverpool

Under-21s: Chelsea 1-4 Liverpool

14 September 2012

Chelsea lost their first Under-21 match of the season on Friday night, going down 4-1 to an opportune and talented Liverpool outfit.  A scoreless first half belied an action-packed second, with Jack Robinson, Conor Coady, Krisztian Adorjan and Michael Ngoo grabbing goals for the visitors. Patrick Bamford’s effort had offered hope in response but turned [...]

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International & Loan Report – September 4-11

International & Loan Report – September 4-11

11 September 2012

Club football has taken a back seat over the last ten days or so with the international game front and centre, but there’s still been plenty of action involving Chelsea players of all ages and at all levels. Therefore, without further ado, here’s a rundown of who’s done what, where, and how, beginning with the [...]

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Football is a Feminist Issue*

Football is a Feminist Issue*

09 September 2012

It started with a routine event on the pitch, during our first home game of the season against Reading; a player picks up an injury and the medical team, including Dr Eva Carneiro run on to attend the wounded hero. Treatment completed, Dr Carneiro made her way to the West Stand side of the pitch, [...]

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Friendly Action For Under-21s and Under-18s

Friendly Action For Under-21s and Under-18s

08 September 2012

It may well be an international weekend, but both Chelsea’s Under-21 and Under-18 teams were in action over the weekend as the club attempts to keep them playing a minimum of one game per week. The Under-21 squad hosted Charlton on Friday afternoon in a match which featured a few more experienced faces in need [...]

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