Chorley will take the game to Peterborough United, and when the non-league side knocked Wolves out of the FA Cup

Chorley manager Jamie Vermiglio insists his team will take the game to Peterborough United in tomorrow’s FA Cup second round tie at the Weston Homes Stadium (November 28. 5.30pm kick off).
Chorley striker Harry Cardwell scores against Wigan in the first round of the FA Cup. Photo: Alex Livesey Getty Images.Chorley striker Harry Cardwell scores against Wigan in the first round of the FA Cup. Photo: Alex Livesey Getty Images.
Chorley striker Harry Cardwell scores against Wigan in the first round of the FA Cup. Photo: Alex Livesey Getty Images.

Chorley will start the match as massive underdogs as they are 88 places below Posh in the UK football pyramid.

Bur Vemiglio, who combines management with a full-time job as a primary school headteacher, told the Lancashire Post: “It does my head in when I see FA Cup ties and the teams who are the underdogs don’t really show what they are about. They just sit in and then end up conceding and then conceding again.

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“My mindset is not to do that. Sometimes as a manager you can’t help but see the game evolve in front of you and it might be that we are sitting in quite a bit.

“But we are certainly going to try to start the game well and put them under a little bit of pressure early on and see how they cope with that.

“If they start to see a lot of the ball, start to get through us then we will re-adjust. We will have plan A, B and C.

“Our concentration is 100% on Peterborough, but you can’t help but dream about if you did get through what that would be like.

“We are only humans and we do dream.”

GIANTKILLING PAST

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Chorley are no strangers to FA Cup giantkilling. This is their third trip to the second round.

In 1986 they beat Fourth Division Wolves 3-0 in a first round, second replay after two 1-1 draws.

Chorley then held neighbours Preston, who were also in Division Four, to a 0-0 draw before losing 5-0 in a replay at Deepdale.

The first tie was movedto Ewood Park and attracted a crowd of 15,000.

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In the 1990-91 season Chorley beat Bury 2-1 in the first round before losing 1-0 at Shrewsbury in the second round.

MEN OF CHORLEY

Vermiglio led Chorley into the National League for the first time in the club’s history in 2018, but they were instantly relegated, unjustly accoring to some as the pandemic caused most of non-league football to be halted without promotion or relegation.

In fact Chorley were the only non-league team in the entire country to be relegated last season.

Vermigilio’s assistant is Andy Preece, a former striker for Stockport and Northampton Town amongst others.

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Midfielder Ollie Shenton made his only Premier League appearance for Stoke City against Manchester City as a 17 year-old in 2015.

Full-back Adam Henley made 100 Football League appearances for Blackburn Rovers and Bradford City, while powerful striker Harry Cardwell, one of the goalscorers in the 3-2 win at Wigan in the first round of the FA Cup, has played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.

Goalkeeper Matt Urwin is one of numerous Chorley players to start their career at neighbours Blackburn Rovers.