The 2022-23 academy campaign at Chelsea was interesting and largely promising, yet there was a sense of business left unfinished, of meat being left on the bone, and of work still to do. Mark Robinson?s Development Squad challenged long and hard for...

In each of the last three seasons we?ve previewed Chelsea?s FA Youth Cup campaign with something of a proclamation that it was about time the Blues brought the famous trophy back to Cobham once again. Five straight triumphs between 2014 and 2018 set...

Here we go again, then. It hardly seems like yesterday that we were welcoming the sixteen-strong class of 2022 but, after a year in which those players made significant strides in their first season as full-time footballers, it?s time to welcome...

This summer is reportedly set to be a seminal moment in the grand history of the Chelsea ?Loan Army?. For a decade or more now, the Blues have been at the forefront of the organised outsourcing of youth development for 18-22 year-old prospects...

In the last few editions of these summaries, I?ve made a point of noting how long it?s been since the academy won the FA Youth Cup or dominated in the silverware department. After another campaign without a trophy at Under-18, 19 or 21 levels, it...