Father and son

On reading that Zidane's son is making it through the ranks at Real Madrid, I was wondering what were the most successful father and son careers? The Cruyffs, the Lampards, the Schmeichels, the Cloughs...?

The Redknapp's? Maybe not.

Rivaldo currently plays for the same team as his son in Brazil, not overly successful but it's great to see them on the same pitch.

Not sure if anyone saw this but Rivaldo is the chairman of a club called Migi Mirim, he sacked their manager using Instagram, when he got criticised for doing it he replied; "I already told him he was sacked, he didn't care, he went said his goodbyes and pee'd off"

Gus Poyet son plays for Charlton.

What about the Wright-Phillips clan? Is Bradley in New York these days?

Tom Ince could well become successful.

The Bruces?!

Although i think its fair to say if Steve had never become a manager its unlikely Alex would ever have made it.

I would say the Schmeichels. Obviously you wont need reminding of the career of Peter, and Kasper is currently number 1 for the Championship leaders (Leicester City   ). IMO he is by far the best goalkeeper outside the Premier League and after his performance against England at Wembley, he should be Denmarks number 1.

Yer the Maldini's will take some beating.
 
Danny and Daley Blind springs to mind

The Cruyff's are up there. Jordi was an international, and obviously Johan was one the best platers ever.

Shot 21 LCFC wrote:I would say the Schmeichels. Obviously you wont need reminding of the career of Peter, and Kasper is currently number 1 for the Championship leaders (Leicester City   ). IMO he is by far the best goalkeeper outside the Premier League and after his performance against England at Wembley, he should be Denmarks number 1.

I hadn’t seen much of Kasper since he went to Notts County but his performance against England was an eye opener. He has got alot more presence about him now and it was like watching his dad back in the day. Peter Schmeichel's great attribute was his one on one technique. He was always in a good position, he hardly ever went to ground and he used to make himself as big and imposing as possible. Kasper displayed this technique on a few occasions against England. Considering his age, I think he has got a bright future ahead of him. I can see him at a big English/European club soon.

Hammersmith harrier wrote:

The Maldinis will take some beating, both full internationals for Italy as well as being captains of Ac Milan in European cup winning seasons.

Agree with this. The Maldini's all day long. Both established internationals who played at World Cups, both captained Milan and won trophies. In almost all the other cases, you couldn't really argue that both father and son were top quality players.

Apparently Paolo's two sons are both in the Milan youth ranks, too.

Verons dad was a professional footballer, not sure at what level mind.

I'm not too bothered about who is and isn't the "most successful" because at the end of the day it's all a matter of opinion, but  there are a lot of father / son pairings that are worth noting, if only as a matter of fan interest.


Kieth Peacock's son Gavin played for Newcastle Utd and Chelsea (amongst other clubs) during his career.

Dad Kieth played more than 500 games for Charlton Athletic and is now part of the coaching set up at the Valley.  He was the first player ever in English football to come onto the field as a substitute.

Gavin was signed by Harry Redknapp at Bournemouth, Jim Smith at Newcastle and Glenn Hoddle at Chelsea so he was pretty well rated as a player.  He was in Newcastle's FA Cup Final team against Manchester United.

He played several times at the Valley, against his dad's former club and it was there that a voice in the crowd shouted out  "Oi Peacock, you're not as good as your old man"  to which another voice in the crowd replied  "He's not as good as MY old man".

After retiring from football he moved to Canada and became a Methodist minister.

For me, in the future, it has to be the Bartons or the Heskeys

How about grandfather, father, son. Marcus Alonso, the Sunderland left back (also played one game for Real Madrid),his Dad played for Barca and Spain and his grandpa played for Real Madrid and was also a full international.
Can't see Alonso winning any full caps but he's not a bad player and that's some family pedigree.

wasnt maradona, aguero's father in law

ian wright and swp is another thats not quite blood but adopted

i'll throw the fergie's in as the best manager father son combo, darren has a fair way to go but they win purely through alex

What about the cross sport uncle and nephew Cohens, be hard pushed to find many other relations who are both world cup winners.

Hammersmith harrier wrote:What about the cross sport uncle and nephew Cohens, be hard pushed to find many other relations who are both world cup winners.

the charltons are brothers who both won the world cup but in the same sport

I did mean different generations but that's a fair point C and R.

does anyone remember schmeichels performance for man city against arsenal a few years back?

Which Schmeichel? They both played for Man City lol.

Lampards were both internationals

Charltons both WC winners;
Not to mention the exploits of their uncles.

I love the three-generation book about the Summerbees.
Not sure I'd enjoy the Hateleys quite so much.

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