Football is full of romantic stories, with small teams playing the role of ‘Cinderella’ and they make football fans fall in love, especially because of their rivalry that has everything against it but struggles to transcend. This is the case with Chorley FC, rival of Wolverhampton, which he will face in the FA Cup.
In 137 years of football history, the Chorley FC had never reached the fourth round of a tournament like the FA Cup and to make Cinderella’s dream come true they will Wolves, that is bad since Raúl Jiménez broke down the skull in December. It should be noted that the most recent antecedent between both clubs, Chorley defeated Wolves 3-0 in an FA Cup in 1986.
Who is Chorley FC?
Founded as rugby clubinspired on the song Someone Like You by singer Adele and with a economic crisis unleashed as a result of the pandemic of coronavirus, the whole city Chorley he cannot get the support of his few fans at this historic moment due to restrictions from the authorities.
Pandemic crisis
Like most clubs in the world, the Chorley FC he is struggling financially. According to media in England, the club has declared debt of £ 350,000. This equates to approx 9 million 370 thousand Mexican pesos, which for such a modest club is a good amount that cannot be compared to the value of a team of First Division.
The Saturday before, they wrote history through the Derby County from Wayne Rooney, which just debuted as a coach from this club a few days earlier. It was something totally unexpected before Magpies, that now they will have the honor of taking on the Wolves in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
A strange guideline
In other circumstances, this match is against the Wolves it would have been a balm of income, as well as the opportunity to get a club from the Eredivisie in Victory Park. But it won’t be this time. Therefore, the peculiar directive has decided offering virtual tickets of £ 10 for sale with the aim of raising funds for debts.
This initiative originated from different leaders because among the key members of the board of directors they have employees with other jobs such as Pete Thompson, who is a career journalist, but a huge fan of the Chorley FC.
Adele and ‘her love’ for Chorley
After reaching the fourth round, the players began to sing in the stadium’s dressing room Someone like You, From the singer Adele, in an image that went around the world. The players don’t know the singer, however Adele gave them a ‘Like’ in response to the official video of Chorley FC on Twitter, in a video that has been viewed more than 8 million times.
Foundation as a rugby club
The club was founded in 1875 as a rugby union team, but in 1883 they decided it was better to create a football team, a sport that was gaining popularity during those years. His greatest achievement was to have reached the second round of the FA Cup several times and be an entertainer of the National League North.
Now they will return to their role as “David vs. Goliath ”to compete against WolvesThey wouldn’t have a problem winning, but after the “Raúl Jiménez Effect” anything could happen.