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CHELSEA TRAINING-GROUND BRAWL
Deja View! Where's the video? Maybe the training ground is possessed! And let's see how the FA investigates/responds compared to their response to QPR-China!
News of the World/Neil Ashton - CHELSEA'S BRAWLBOYS
Blues face FA probe over 'friendly' punch-up
CHELSEA are at the centre of an FA probe after a training ground friendly turned into a mass brawl.
The practice game, arranged at short notice by Chelsea on Wednesday, was abandoned after just 35 minutes amid amazing scenes. Players, coaches and officials from Chelsea's reserve team and United Arab Emirates side Al Alhi traded blows for five minutes.
Chelsea players were assaulted with karate kicks, knee-high tackles and had their hair pulled out and their eyes gouged.
Defender Jack Cork, who has since gone on loan to Coventry and sported a black eye in his new side's 1-0 defeat to Swansea, was put in a headlock and repeatedly hit.
The referee, who will not be named by the FA, has written to Soho Square with the full, astonishing details of the battle.
Incredibly the drama was played out in front of scores of children who were taking part in a Football in the Community scheme at Chelsea's Cobham training ground.
The scenes, which were recorded by the club's in-house TV station ChelseaTV and are now locked in a safe, were so brutal some kids fled in tears.
A stunned eye witness revealed: "There were people being chased all over the pitch, eyes were being gouged, hair was being pulled out and one of the Al Hilal players shoved his fingers up the nose of Gael Kakuta. Every player was involved but Chelsea didn't start it."
The Chelsea team included youngsters being groomed for the first team, such as Rhys Taylor, Jeffrey Bruma, Carl Magnay, Kakuta and Cork.
But trouble flared after half-an-hour when Chelsea left-back Ben Gordon was taken out by a two-footed tackle above the knee.
Although the game continued the ref was forced to abandon it when both teams began trading punches just before half-time.
Cork was put in a headlock and beaten while Jeffrey Bruma had two Al Hilal players on his back and karate kicked by another.
Chelsea's opponents were not even allowed back into the changing rooms and were put straight on to the team bus in their kit.
The FA confirmed last night that the incident had taken place.
A Soho Square source said: "The FA supplied the ref. We have received his report and are considering the appropriate action. Chelsea didn't start it."
A Chelsea spokesman said: "There was an unfortunate incident News of The World
Sunday Metro - Chelsea keen to move on after brawl
Chelsea badge Chelsea were on Sunday trying to draw a line under a training ground friendly that turned into a mass brawl at their plush Cobham base.
A practice match between a Chelsea reserve team and Qatari side Al-Ahli descended into violence - as Chelsea's players were reportedly assaulted with karate kicks, knee-high tackles and had their hair pulled out and eyes gouged - and was abandoned after just 35 minutes.
The English club tried to defuse the situation with a Chelsea spokesman declaring: "There was an unfortunate incident but it has been dealt with."
The FA are expected to conduct an investigation into the incident although the referee's report, already understood to be at the FA's new Wembley offices, points the blame directly at Al-Ahli.
On Sunday, the club said they would be making no further comment about the matter.
The Chelsea side included some of the players on the fringe of the first-team squad. Goalkeeper Rhys Taylor, defender Jeffrey Bruma, Carl Magnay, Gael Kakuta and defender Jack Cork, now on loan at Coventry.
Cork was reported to have been repeatedly hit while in a headlock and an opponent is said to have poked his fingers up the nose of Kakuta.
The trouble is understood to have started when left-back Ben Gordon was the recipient of a two-footed tackle above the knee.
The fracas was captured by Chelsea's TV channel but the club have since removed all references to the game from its official website.
The first-team players were enjoying a day off after their 3-1 win over Sunderland on Tuesday night but it is believed many of them have seen film of the incident. Metro
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