After a frustrating campaign last season, the young Blues began the new term in style as we comfortably saw off the West Midlands side.

Harvey Vale opened the scoring after latching onto a sloppy pass, as the young forward charged towards goal before firing into the bottom corner from outside the box.

Vale doubled the advantage six minutes later with a goal which mirrored the first, as the attacker again pounced on a stray Wolves pass and finished impressively.

Dion Rankine got on the scoresheet next, as he tapped into the net after a drilled-in cross from Lewis Hall left the keeper stranded.

Rankine, like Vale, scored a brace, and his second came just after half-time as good work on the left from Hall found Omari Hutchinson and the summer signing fed into the path of Rankine for his second.

The fifth was straight from the training ground as a set-piece was played into Hutchinson, he lofted a first-time ball towards the back post which found the head of Bashir Humphreys, who headed across goal for his centre-back partner Alfie Gilchrist to nod home.

For all our domination though, the home side did deserve a goal and they grabbed a consolation from the head of Nathan Fraser.

However, it did little to stop our pressure and second-half substitute Leo Castledine’s great run towards goal led to him being fouled in the box. The resulting penalty was slotted home by another substitute in Jayden Wareham.

There was enough time for Wareham to secure his brace, as he finished expertly when he was played in one-on-one with only the goalkeeper to beat.

Bright start on a sunny day

Our opening fixture of the PL2 season was met with great weather conditions and a crisp playing surface at the Aggborough Stadium in Kidderminster.

Mark Robinson mentioned in the preview of this game that he would be looking to instil a high press from his side and he would have been pleased to see Chelsea’s intense pressure force a mistake from left-back Aaron Keto-Diyawa. Vale pounced and beat the only man between him and the goal before finishing beyond keeper Jackson Smith.

The home side settled and enjoyed a lot more possession of the ball, but they could not penetrate the resolute Blues defence.

Just when Wolves were seemingly finding their feet, in an identical goal to the first, pressure on the backline forced a mistake from the home team and Vale was there again to get the ball out of his feet and strike a powerful effort beyond the reach of the keeper.

Just before half-time, the lively Rankine beat his man easily with his pace and found Xavier Simons in the box, whose first-time shot cannoned back off the crossbar. So unlucky!

We were dominating proceedings and firmly in control of this fixture. Having lost to Wolves in pre-season, it was clear our young Blues were intent on stepping up.

Sublime half of football

To add further gloss to the first half, a third goal was scored as a delightful cross-field ball from Charlie Webster found Hall, whose turn of pace was too much for his opponent. He delivered a wicked ball into the six-yard box which found the lurking Rankine at the back post and it was a deserving third.

The second half was more of the same and our development squad were oozing in class and confidence with neat touches and pretty combination play.

Just before the hour mark we scored our fourth as Rankine grabbed his second of the game. Hall, our left wing-back, played a reverse ball to Hutchinson and the summer signing from Arsenal fired a cross which found the midfielder to tap home.

The home side had their first chance of note 67 minutes into the game as captain Joe Hodge forced Eddie Beach into a solid near-post stop.

Work of art

Robinson would have been impressed with the next goal, one straight off the training ground as Gilchrist headed home from a set-piece. Webster’s quick free-kick was played into Hutchinson, who lofted a ball towards the back post. Humphreys nodded it back across goal and last year’s Under-18s captain was on hand to open his account for the new season.

For all their efforts, the home side did deserve a goal and they found it through Fraser, who flicked in a cute header which beat Beach at his far post.

A day of braces

However, this did little to derail us as Wareham became the third player to grab a brace. Castledine picked up the ball from deep and drove towards goal, before being brought down for a penalty which Wareham slotted home from 12 yards.

Wareham’s second saw him beat the attempted offside trap from Wolves and he calmly finished past Smith in goal, to ensure a perfect start to the PL2 season for Robinson's Blues.

Next up is our opening home match of the campaign against Fulham at Kingsmeadow next Monday 15 August. Tickets are still available to purchase here for just £5 for adults and £3 for concessions.

Chelsea(3-4-3) Eddie Beach; Alfie Gilchrist, Xavier Mbuyamba, Bashir Humphreys (c); Dion Rankine, Xavier Simons, Charlie Webster, Lewis Hall (Ben Elliott 83); Harvey Vale (Leo Castledine 72), Omari Hutchinson (Joe Haigh 83), Mason Burstow (Jayden Wareham 62)
Unused subs Teddy Sharman-Lowe
Scorers Vale 7, 13; Rankine 45+1, 57; Gilchrist 73; Wareham (pen) 82, 86
Booked Vale 45+4; Simons 89; Haigh 90+4

Wolverhampton Wanderers(4-3-3) Jackson Smith; Aaron Keto-Diyawa (Justin Hubner 58), Harry Birtwhistle, Harvey Griffiths, Christian Marques, Toti Gomes (Oliver Tipton 72), Lee Harkin (Zhen Yu-He 80), Dylan Scicluna (Jack Hodnett 58), Nathan Fraser, Joe Hodge (c), Tyler Roberts (Luke Matheson 73)
Scorer Fraser 79
Booked Tipton 82; Hubner 89