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Jamie Vermiglio speaks: The Chorley manager is the head teacher of a primary school in “real life” and tells BT Sport that he’s had to push today’s match to the back of his mind in recent days, as he tries to deal with the fall-out from the latest national lockdown and all the added stress that brings him, his staff, their students and their students’ parents.
He says he is uncomfortable with his side being lumbered with the tag of favourites and adds that he took a call from Derby manager Wayne Rooney earlier this morning, wishing him all the best of luck for today.
That Derby team: With an average age of 19 and without a minute’s worth of senior first team experience between team, Derby County’s players will be lining up in shirts numbered 1 to 11, because none of the players have actual senior squad numbers. Contrary to earlier reports, the team has been picked by Pat Lyons, the club’s senior development coach.
He tells BT Sport that the club lost another four players to Covid yesterday, two of whom would have been starting today. “These players would never normally be put together under normal circumstances,” he says. “?But hey, this is the FA Cupand the dream we have today is to make this crazy week go our way. We want a performanc e the players can be proud of, the club can be proud of and the fans can be proud of … and obviously the lads’ families.”
Written by Barry Glendenning
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2021/jan/09/chorley-v-derby-county-fa-cup-third-round-live under the title “Chorley v Derby County: FA Cup third round – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
