Chelsea F.C. Reserves

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Chelsea Reserves

Full name

Chelsea Football Club Reserves

Nickname(s)

The Pensioners,
The Blues

Founded

1905

Ground

Recreation Ground
Aldershot

Capacity

7,500

Chairman

Bruce Buck
(for

Roman Abramovich)

Manager

Brendan Rogers

League

FA Premier Reserve League





Home colours





Away colours

Chelsea Reserves are the reserve team of Chelsea Football Club. They are members of the FA Premier Reserve League Southern Division, although Jose Mourinho has called for them to play in the football league [1]. They have never won the competition. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The reserves' head coach is Brendan Rogers. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has put around £38 million towards a new youth program, hoping to match the production of Arsenal.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Reserve squad

According to official website [2]; correct as of 25th January 2006

No.	Position	Player
30	MF	Anthony Grant (on loan to Wycombe, until March 2007)
33	DF	Nuno Morais
41	GK	Yves Makabu-Makalambay
42	MF	Jonas Elmer
43	DF	Ryan Bertrand
44	DF	Michael Mancienne
46	MF	Jimmy Smith
48	MF	Michael Woods
49	FW	Scott Sinclair (on loan to Plymouth Argyle)

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Nick Hamann
		GK	James Russell (on loan to Walton & Hersham)
		DF	Jack Cork
		DF	Sam Hutchinson
		DF	Adrian Pettigrew
		MF	James Simmonds (on loan to Cardiff, until July 2007)
		MF	Per Weihrauch
		FW	Phil Younghusband