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The night Wolves hit rock bottom: why the word Chorley still sends shivers through the side who lost the 1986 cup replay with the non-league side hoping to stun Nuno Espirito Santo's top-flight side this weekend

The most famous player in Wolves’ recent history was a helpless spectator when the club suffered perhaps the most embarrassing defeat of their existence.

Steve Bull watched glumly from the stands at Bolton’s Burnden Park as Wolves — then in the old Fourth Division — were beaten 3-0 by Chorley, of the Northern Premier League, in an FA Cup first-round replay in 1986.

Bull, who would go on to score 306 goals in 561 games for Wolves and represent England at the 1990 World Cup, had just joined on loan from West Bromwich Albion along with Andy Thompson but the pair were ineligible for the tie.