Tottenham fan Adele has come out of Twitter hibernation to send her love to Chorley after the non-league side continued to use one of her hits as their victory song.
In what has become one of the highlights of this season’s FA Cup, the Magpies’ players and staff performed Adele’s famous track Someone Like You in the dressing room after a win.
Saturday was the third time the National League North outfit’s traditional celebration has gone viral this term, after they added Derby to the scalps of Wigan and Peterborough.
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Connor Hall and Mike Calveley were on target as Chorley won 2-0 against Derby, who were forced to play their youth team after a coronavirus outbreak, on a freezing afternoon in Lancashire.
CHORLEY FC celebrated their FA Cup heroics on Saturday in style with an Adele sing-along that captured the attention of the singer herself. The celebration came about after the non-league Lancashire side beat championship Derby County in the third round of the FA Cup. Connor Hall and Mike Calveley were the men on target as the National League North side claimed a 2-0 victory on a freezing afternoon in Lancashire. The win was one of the weekend s upsets, despite Derby s squad having been decimated by a coronavirus outbreak, which Chorley players celebrated with a heartfelt rendition of Adele s hit Someone Like You.
DERBY: Chorley’s Connor Hall (centre, in black and white strip) scores against Derby County during their third-round fixture in the FA Cup third round match at Victory Park on Saturday. AP
LONDON: Non-league Chorley knocked coronavirus-ravaged Derby County out of the FA Cup with a surprise 2-0 win on Saturday, while Everton survived a scare against Rotherham as the spiking pandemic took its toll on the third round.
Derby were forced to play with only Under-23 and Under-18 players after their first-team squad and interim manager Wayne Rooney were ruled out following a virus outbreak at the Championship club.
(Jan 10): Arsenal and Everton required extra-time winners to reach the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday, while sixth-tier side Chorley beat a Derby County team severely weakened by a Covid-19 outbreak. Mikel Arteta's Arsenal were held scoreless for 90 minutes by Newcastle United and it took a super finish from Emile Smith-Rowe to break the deadlock 19 minutes into extra time, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang adding a second eight minutes later.