Football is full of romantic stories, where small teams take over the role of “Cinderellas” and they make football fans fall in love, especially because of their rivalry that has everything against them but is struggling to overcome. This is the case Chorley FC, rival al Wolverhampton, which he will face in FA Cup.
In 137 years of football history, Chorley FC they had never reached the fourth round of a tournament like the FA Cup and to keep Cinderella’s dream they will have to win Wolves, Which is things are going wrong since Raúl Jiménez broke down skull in December. It should be noted that the most recent antecedent between the two clubs, Chorley defeated the Wolves 3-0 in 1986 in an FA Cup.
Who is Chorley FC?
Founded as rugby clubinspired on the song Someone Like You by the singer Adele and with a economic crisis unleashed as a result of the pandemic coronavirus, the whole city of Chorley he cannot have the support of some of his fans at this historic moment due to restrictions by the authorities.
The pandemic crisis
Like most clubs in the world, Chorley FC has financial problems financially. According to the English press, the club said it owed £ 350,000. This equates to approx 9 million 370 thousand Mexican pesos, which for such a humble club is a good amount that does not compare to the value of a team First divisions.
The previous Saturday they made history by defeat Derby County of Wayne Rooney, which only he started as a coach from this club a few days before. It was something totally unexpected for Magpies, like now they will have the honor of facing the wolves in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
A special directive
In other circumstances, this match against Wolves would have been a revenue balm as well as the opportunity to face a club from First league into the Victoriei Park. But this time it won’t be like that. Therefore, the specific directive decided puts up for sale £ 10 virtual tickets in order to raise funds for debts.
This initiative arose from different leaders, as among the main members of the board of directors are 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 play in the stadium locker room Someone like You, Of the singer Adele, in an image that went around the world. Players don’t know the singer, though Adele gave them a “Like” in response to the official Chorley FC video on Twitter, in a video that has over 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 twice in the second round of the FA Cup and be an animator of Northern National League.
Now they will return to their role of “David vs. Goliath ”to measure themselves against them WolvesHe would have no problem winning, but after the “Raúl Jiménez Effect”, anything can happen.