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Youth Cup: Chelsea 4 Shrewsbury Town 0
By dixon9
January 17 2008
Chelsea's Under 18 breezed into the last 16 of the FA Youth Cup tonight against Shrewsbury Town. The match took place under the watchful eye of England U21 coach Stuart Pearce at Brentford´s Griffin Park and although the score reflects an easy win this was a competitive game with our opponents adopting aggressive tactics in order to quell the quality of this young Chelsea side.

Right from the off forward Morten Nielsen almost got the first but Shrewsbury keeper Singh blocked quickly. 

Sergio Tejara went close from a Miroslav Stoch cross and then Ben Gordon had a shot on goal. 

Then on 23 minutes Jacob Mellis scored the opener after Kakuta´s back heel. Shrewsbury’s Aaron Brown let the blood rush to his head and was booked for a harsh foul on Mellis. 

The away team hadn’t a shot on goal in the first half and this was testimony to our formidable back four of Patrick van Aanholt, Jeffrey Bruma, Gordon and captain Nana Ofori-Twumasi. 

Shrewsbury had obviously been told to go in hard after being frustrated at the lack of possession and opportunities - Callum White was booked for flattening Michael Woods. 

Chelsea's second goal came from a flowing move; Nielsen back heeled to Tejera who evaded a tackle and layed-off perfect for Mellis to finish with aplomb. 

Miroslav Stoch, our pocket battleship forward brought a great save out of Singh with a sizzler which was just tipped wide.

 Michel Woods, Chelsea  

Woods, our possible future Paul Scholes (not just because of his appearance) was again clattered, earning Ashbury his sides 3rd booking after only just coming on. 

Singh made a further excellent save after good work from Philip and Kakuta´s curling shot was tipped over.

Then an error from the excellent Singh came after Van Aanholt's powerful shot slipped surprisingly through the keepers hands and legs to go over the line making it 3-0. 

Shrewsbury’s kids then rallied and had their only shot on target cleared off the line by Mellis who had ran back to help defend. 

Stoppage time arrived and Miroslav Stoch had two chances but midfielder Woods scored the fourth with a fine 25 yarder.

Chelsea play Leicester at home in the fifth round (date to be announced). 

Chelsea:  Rhys Taylor; Nana Ofori-Twumasi (c), Jeffrey Bruma, Patrick van Aanholt, Ben Gordon; Michael Woods, Jacob Mellis, Sergio Tejera (Frank Nouble 75); Miroslav Stoch, Morten Nielsen (Adam Phillip 64), Gaël Kakuta.  

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Youth Cup: Chelsea 4 Shrewsbury T 0
Posted by: 50 Years Over 100 Years (IP Logged)
Date: 17/01/2008 22:24

Youth Cup: Chelsea 4 Shrewsbury T 0

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Re: Youth Cup: Chelsea 4 Shrewsbury T 0
Posted by: Lyson Zulu (IP Logged)
Date: 11/04/2008 19:57

Hello,
iam a footballer born on 20th november 1989.I come from Zambia and am studying Sports Performance at the university of Bath.I was hoping i could get a chance to play for Chelsea academy.Let me know if it is possible to come for trials any time.
Looking foward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Lyson Zulu

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Re: Youth Cup: Chelsea 4 Shrewsbury T 0
Posted by: dixon9 (IP Logged)
Date: 11/04/2008 20:25

You need to contact the club itself (this is an unofficial site).

See the link on the left hand side.




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Posted by: john-nathan (IP Logged)
Date: 08/07/2008 21:01

is there any posiibility that i could join the under 18 teams at least 15 and oner please.

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Re: Youth Cup: Chelsea 4 Shrewsbury T 0
Posted by: dixon9 (IP Logged)
Date: 08/07/2008 21:35

Erm...this is NOT the official Chelsea FC web site!

To contact the club, click on the link on the menu up on the left.





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