Chelsea romp to U18 Premier League crown with 5-1 win over Manchester City in National Final

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 22: Chelsea team lift the U18 Premier League National Cup during the U18 Premier League National Final 2026 match between Chelsea U18 and Manchester City U18 at Stamford Bridge on May 22, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Lee - Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images) | Chelsea FC via Getty Images Chelsea won the South. Manchester City won the North.

Then they met in the final, and Chelsea won it all. It was a fitting end to the Baby Blues’ dominant U18 Premier League campaign. We won the Southern section by a whopping thirteen points over second place Tottenham Hotspur, losing just three of the 28 games played and getting better and better as the season went along.

We would win our final six games by an average margin of over four goals , and we would continue that trend by absolutely blowing City away, 5-1 in the National Final at Stamford Bridge last night. The Blues were up two inside ten minutes, and never looked back. Chizzy Ezenwata tapped home to get the party started in the seventh minute before Mathis Eboué doubled our lead just a couple minutes later.

City did get one back through one of our own, Ryan McAidoo, who joined them a couple years ago after five years in the Chelsea system, but Ryan Kavuma-McQueen restored our two-goal before half time. City’s goalkeeper didn’t always cover himself in glory, but he made several excellent saves throughout the night. But eventually RKM himself would add the fifth at the very end, though not before Sol Gordon scored perhaps the pick of the bunch — all set up by a ridiculous pass from Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli (remember the name!