Football is full of romantic stories, where small teams take the role of ‘Cinderella’ and they fall in love with football fans, especially for their status as a rival who carries everything against but struggles to transcend. This is the case of the Chorley FC, Rival of the Wolverhampton, Which will face the FA Cup.
In 137 years of history in football, the Chorley FC had never reached the fourth round of a tournament like the FA Cup and to keep Cinderella’s dream they will have to beat the Wolves, That is it going bad since Raúl Jiménez fractured the skull in December. It should be noted that the most recent antecedent between the two clubs, Chorley won 3-0 at the Wolves in 1986 in an FA Cup.
Who is Chorley FC?
founded as Rugby clubinspired in the song Someone Like You of the singer Adele and with a economic crisis untied as a result of the pandemic of coronavirus, The whole city of Chorley he cannot have the support of his few fans at this historic moment due to the restrictions of the authorities.
Pandemic crisis
Like most clubs in the world, the Chorley FC it’s going to take a bitter sip from a financial standpoint. According to English media, the club has stated that it has debts amounting to £ 350,000. This equates to a few 9 million 370,000 Mexican pesos, Which for such a humble club is a good amount that does not compare to the value of a team first Division.
The previous Saturday they made history by defeating the Derby County of Wayne Rooney, That barely made his debut as a coach of this club a couple of days before. It was something totally unexpected for them Urpes, That now they will have the honor of competing against the Wolves in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup.
A peculiar directive
In other circumstances, this match against the Wolves would have been a balm of income, in addition to the opportunity to face a club of the Premier League a Victoria Park. But this time it will not be so. That is why the peculiar directive has decided put up for sale £ 10 virtual tickets with the aim of raising funds for debts.
This initiative comes from different leaders because among the main members of the board have workers with other jobs such as Pete Thompson, Who is a career journalist but a big fan of Chorley FC.
Adele and her love ‘for Chorley
After reaching the fourth round, the players began to sing in the stadium locker room Someone like you, From the singer Adele, In an image that went around the world. Players don’t know the singer, though Adele did give them a ‘Like’ in response to the official video of Chorley FC on Twitter, In a video that carries more than 8 million views.
Foundation as a Rugby Club
The club was founded in 1875 as a rugby team, however, in 1883 they decided that it was better to create a football team, a sport that in those years was beginning to have great popularity. His biggest achievement was getting a couple of times the Second Round of the FA Cup and be an animator of the Northern National League.
They will now return to their “David vs. Goliath” role to face the Wolves, They would have no problem winning, but after the “Raúl Jiménez Effect”, anything can happen.