‘I was at Chorley’ – the grim tale that Wolves fans will never forget

The reply came within 15 minutes, and every Wolves fan who saw it could have produced a wry smile or a knowing nod. “The Wolves x Koche range worn at Paris Fashion Week by actress and friend of the club, Linian,” said the original tweet from Wolves’ official account, with pictures showcasing the ‘Wolves fashion range’. When shown the team, Holmes, Mutch, Lockhart, Purdie), he remarks: “It doesn’t look too bad on paper… but it was bad on grass!” Supporter Evers suggests that on the balance of play it wasn’t a fair result, but only because Wolves could have been thrashed by a bigger scoreline. Matt Doherty and Conor Coady sat in the away end at Villa Park last week… “didn’t go to Chorley though, did they?” Evers sums it up: “I have heard the phrase used, ‘I was at Chorley’, to try to explain to younger or newer fans that a loss in the current guise of Wolves is nothing to throw your toys out of the pram at!” Wolves have never played Chorley since — and may never face them again — but their supporters did visit the town in April 2018 to drink copious amounts of alcohol and celebrate winning promotion back to the Premier League ahead of a game down the road against Bolton. The grim tale of Chorley away is never far from Wolves fans’ thoughts.