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Chorley 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Vitinha’s superb goal sees Wolves past non-league opponents

Non-league Chorley were unable to emulate the heroes from 1986 by causing an FA Cup sensation against Wolves – but the National League North side came away with all the credit from their fourth-round tie at Victory Park.

Vitinha’s superb 30-yard shot after 12 minutes proved enough to secure an all-Premier League tie against Arsenal or Southampton at Molineux in the fifth round.

But Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were less than impressive against their part-time opponents.

Chorley had the first shot of the match through Elliot Newby, and after Vitinha had struck his first Wolves goal with the visitors’ only shot on target, it was the hosts who had the best chances.

Crucially, they also pocketed around £120,000 in prize money, plus TV fees, to sustain them through what could be a difficult period after their league was suspended for two weeks amid funding concerns earlier in the day.

Night to remember for Chorley

If this does end up being Chorley’s last game of the season, it is one they will remember for some time, not only for the action on the pitch but also for the huge volley of fireworks that went off behind the main stand minutes into the contest.

For visiting Wolves, it was a step into the unknown. Their starting line-up got changed in the away dressing room, while their substitutes – European Championship winner Rui Patricio and Spain international Adama Traore among them – readied themselves in a sponsors’ lounge.

Seemingly those starting the game on the bench got the better deal.

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo paid Chorley the compliment of picking a strong starting line-up, including £35.6m record signing Fabio Silva and England international Conor Coady.

And had this match been played in more imposing surroundings, it could have been mistaken for one of those Premier League games where one side sits back, challenges the opposition to break them down and then hits them on the counter.

Wolves’ return of 76% possession and one shot on target, set against Chorley’s five shots on target, suggests home manager Jamie Vermiglio got his tactics spot on.

Indeed, had Andy Halls, a personal trainer by day, not had his goal-bound header tipped over by John Ruddy after an hour, Chorley might have forced a different outcome.

It was nevertheless a typically English FA Cup tie, enlivened by Vermiglio yelling “nothing wrong with that” when two Wolves players went down under agricultural challenges, and then laughing in Traore’s face amid a brief skirmish.

It was fantastic knockabout stuff. Sadly, the enduring disappointment was that other than staff, media and stewards, no-one was there in person to witness it.

More to follow.

Line-ups

Chorley

Formation 5-3-2

  • 1Urwin
  • 2BirchBooked at 86mins
  • 4Halls
  • 5Leather
  • 6BainesSubstituted forMillerat 84′minutes
  • 13ShentonSubstituted forHenleyat 84′minutes
  • 8Calveley
  • 12TomlinsonBooked at 36mins
  • 11Newby
  • 27HallSubstituted forSmithat 87′minutes
  • 9CardwellBooked at 89mins

Substitutes

  • 3Smith
  • 7Miller
  • 14Henley
  • 15Putnam
  • 16Garratt
  • 17Malakai
  • 19Roberts
  • 21Dutton
  • 25Birchall

Wolves

Formation 3-4-1-2

  • 21Ruddy
  • 15Boly
  • 16CoadyBooked at 63mins
  • 49Kilman
  • 2Hoever
  • 32Dendoncker
  • 28João MoutinhoSubstituted forNevesat 68′minutes
  • 3Aït-Nouri
  • 20VitinhaSubstituted forTraoréat 69′minutes
  • 17Fábio Silva
  • 23CutroneSubstituted forNetoat 68′minutes

Substitutes

  • 7Neto
  • 8Neves
  • 11Rui Patrício
  • 22Nélson Semedo
  • 37Traoré
  • 42Richards
  • 54Otasowie
  • 57Lonwijk
  • 60Corbeanu

Referee:
Anthony Taylor

Match Stats

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Chorley 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.

  2. Second Half ends, Chorley 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.

  3. Attempt blocked. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Neves.

  4. Foul by Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

  5. Arlen Birch (Chorley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  6. Harry Cardwell (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  7. Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  8. Foul by Harry Cardwell (Chorley).

  9. Attempt missed. Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rúben Neves.

  10. Substitution, Chorley. Harvey Smith replaces Connor Hall.

  11. Arlen Birch (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  12. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  13. Foul by Arlen Birch (Chorley).

  14. Attempt blocked. Fábio Silva (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Neto.

  15. Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  16. Foul by Connor Hall (Chorley).

  17. Substitution, Chorley. Sean Miller replaces Lewis Baines.

  18. Substitution, Chorley. Adam Henley replaces Oliver Shenton.

  19. Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Arlen Birch.

  20. Corner, Chorley. Conceded by Rayan Aït-Nouri.

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