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Our College Academy programmes have been granted free premium access to the Chelsea FC Player Pathway app, Perfect Play, enabling Foundation staff to set three challenges a week to all college students, delivering virtual sessions and webinars incorporating development of performance analysis, scouting and UCAS life.

Working closely with the colleges, the Foundation has also been able to support college virtual trials, providing constructive feedback to potential students.

Students on our degree programme in collaboration with St Mary’s University have been given the opportunities with work placements within the Foundation to enable them to progress in their assignments and gain a greater knowledge of roles and opportunities within the sport sector.

Foundation coaches are also supporting students as mentors, assisting them with planning and delivering virtual sessions in preparation for delivery to female grassroots teams of up to 200 participants.

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After battling past Barnsley last time out, Thomas Tuchel’s side will host the Blades at Stamford Bridge for a place in the last four. The FA have confirmed that the tie will be played on Sunday 21 March, with kick-off at 1.30pm and broadcast live on the BBC.

Our Premier League trip to Liverpool, originally scheduled for that weekend, will be rescheduled and a new date will be announced in due course.

The Blues recently took on Chris Wilder’s side at Bramall Lane in the league, coming out on top in a 2-1 win courtesy of goals from Mason Mount and Jorginho. The Yorkshiremen were also beaten 4-1 at the Bridge back in November, though they did record a win and a draw against us last term.

The full quarter-final line-up is as follows:

Saturday 20 March 
AFC Bournemouth v Southampton, 12.15pm – BT Sport 1
Everton v Manchester City, 5.30pm – BT Sport 1

Sunday 21 March
Chelsea v Sheffield United, 1.30pm – BBC One and BBC iPlayer
Leicester City v Manchester United, 5pm – BBC One and BBC iPlayer

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Alas, Super Fran’s quest for a treble came to an end with the next stoppage in play, as she made way, along with Ji, with Erin Cuthbert and Guro Reiten coming on for the final 20 minutes. Drew Spence and Jessie Fleming also came off the bench, replacing Harder and Ingle.

By this point, with the rain continuing to hammer down, it was just a case of seeing the game out. That was achieved with the minimum of fuss, meaning we’ll take a handy lead at the top of the WSL standings into the upcoming international break.
We’re not in action again until Sunday 7 March, when we travel to West Ham United, but make sure you check chelseafc.com or the 5th Stand app on Tuesday to find out who our next Champions League opponents will be, with the draw for the last 16 taking place at lunchtime.

Chelsea (4-1-3-2) Berger; Mjelde, Bright, Eriksson (c), Andersson; Ingle (Spence 82); Kirby (Cuthbert 69), Harder (Fleming 82), Ji (Reiten 69); England, Kerr
Unused subs Telford, Blundell, Carter
Scorers Kirby 14, 40, Harder 36, Kerr 55, England 60

Bristol (4-1-4-1) Baggaley; Allen (Bryson 68), Skeels, Evans, Purfield; Matthews (c) (Palmer 53); Wellings, Pike, Humphrey (Bissell 74), Daniels (Harrison 74), Salmon
Unused subs Haaland, Rafferty, Collis, Mastrantonio, Jones

Referee Emily Heaslip

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‘We took a difficult decision to go with Marcos over Chilly in a game [v Burnley] where we decided to go with five at the back purely because we felt he had more familiarity with that position. He had played it so well under Antonio Conte and it was just a decision we went for.

‘We chose Marcos against Burnley for his strength in the air, because we felt that Burnley would pose an aerial threat and Marcos could also be a good source of attack for us at set-pieces. Of course, he scored the decisive goal against Burnley and from there it was very to leave him out. We played Tottenham and we didn’t make too many changes in that position.

‘I spoke to Chilly and I told him that he must trust me that I can see his potential and his talent he will be a big player for us. With Chilly, I see another very nice guy, a very reflective person and intelligent.

‘We are looking at ways to reward him. He put in a very good performance against Sheffield United, which was important for him and for the team.’

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We haven’t lost a home game to the Magpies since May 2012, the same month we became European champions for the first time. Since then, we have won all eight of our meetings with Newcastle in west London.

Seven different players have opened the scoring across those eight fixtures at the Bridge, but how well do you remember them? We’ve provided a few clues below to help jog your memory, so try our quiz and find out. Good luck!

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