Chelsea academy chief Neil Bath was delighted see four more homespun youngsters earn their first team breakthrough last season.
The trio of Harvey Vale, Jude Soonsup-Bell and Xavier Simons made their bow in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals away at Brentford in October, while Lewis Hall did the same in the FA Cup third round three months later, in the process becoming our youngest player to start a cup tie in the competition.
"It was obviously great to see all the boys making their senior debuts this season," said Bath to the club's website. "This is the ultimate target for us and considering we started this season in a lockdown, it's a major success from the Academy.
"Special congratulations goes to Harvey Vale, who also won the Academy Player of the Season award and, on top of his good performances at Under-23s level, was rewarded with five appearances for the first team, which was a tremendous feat for him."
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