Chorley, three days later... which will only make sense if you follow the link below to Hyde, three days earlier.
CHORLEY 3 BARROW 0 Northern Premier League Premier Division 4 April 1994 by Michael Gibson
I didn't know whether to go to the optician or call out the TV repair man when I got home from work on Easter Saturday and looked at the football results on Teletext. Barrow 1, Hyde United 4? Surely that can't be right? But my worst fears were confirmed when I looked at the results in the paper the next morning. Hoping this result was just an aberration I travelled up to Chorley for the Easter Monday fixture. Arriving at Victory Park at about 2.30, I was confronted by a programme fair. There were no Barrow programmes left, of course - they had sold out not long after two. The first few minutes of the game actually looked promising, with a McGarvey shot that went agonisingly close after ten minutes. This was to be the last occasion in the match when Barrow achieved anything that resembled a shot on goal and after fifteen minutes Chorley took the lead with a goal from a corner. From this point the Barrow players seemed to lose interest in the game completely. Four minutes before the interval, Ian Senior presented one of his former clubs with an Easter gift when he tried to impersonate somebody pretending to have been shot dead, allowing the ball to trickle over his hands from a very weak shot to make the half-time scoreline 2-0. Surely it couldn't get any worse in the second half? Don't you believe it! As usual the Barrow contingent were in top voice, but this time, rather than praising the team, they were demanding Mick Cloudsdale's departure. Then about midway through the second half the local Lancashire police Gestapo decided to hassle most of the Barrow contingent by demanding to know the contents of their bags and pockets. Meanwhile Barrow were down to ten men when Barry Butler was shown the red card for making an over zealous tackle for a 50-50 ball and Chorley scored their third just before full time. I was hoping to drown my sorrows after the match, only to find that the bar had been closed... by the Gestapo! I wish I'd stayed in bed! Originally appeared as 'Chorley: I Wish I’d Stayed in Bed!' in issue 020 - August 1994