{"id":599119,"date":"2026-05-23T03:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599119\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T03:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:11:13","slug":"chelsea-under-18s-crowned-national-champions-news-official-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599119\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Under-18s crowned national champions | News | Official Site"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Chelsea are Under-18 Premier League champions after defeating Manchester City 5-1 in the National Final at Stamford Bridge. \n <\/p>\n


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Having already triumphed to take the Under-18 Premier League South title during our league campaign, the Blues defeated northern winners Manchester City in the one-off final on Friday evening to add a second trophy of the season with the overall national championship.<\/p>\n

We shot into an early lead at the Bridge, as Chizaram Ezenwata <\/a>was well placed to turn in the rebound from Ryan Kavuma-McQueen<\/a>‘s saved effort, before Mathis Eboue<\/a> fired into the bottom corner to give us a 2-0 lead inside the opening 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Man City pulled a goal back, but Kavuma-McQueen beat the keeper from a tight angle at the end of a strong run down to right to restore our two-goal advantage before half-time. Sol Gordon<\/a> then came off the bench to slot in a fourth late on to make the victory certain, with Kavuma-McQueen getting his second of the game to put the icing on the cake deep into added time.<\/p>\n

It remained 5-1 at the final whistle, meaning Chelsea are Under-18 Premier League national champions for the first time since 2018, at the end of a campaign which saw us win 21 of our 28 league fixtures and score over 100 goals across all competitions.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, boys!<\/p>\n


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