Chorley coach and headteacher Jamie Vermiglio on how the team’s historic FA Cup run has saved the club
Life has changed a lot even in the handful of weeks since Chorley were drawn against Derby in the third round of the FA Cup. For Jamie Vermiglio, Saturday’s meeting with the Championship club had presented him with an opportunity to stand on the touchline as an equal with Wayne Rooney, a man he grew up a couple of miles apart from in
Liverpool.
Covid-19 has scuppered that dream for Vermiglio but the 38-year-old has not had too much time to dwell on that this week, let alone prepare for the biggest day of his
Football career when the National League North side play in the third round for the first time in their 138-year history.