Have any family members of different generations played in the same XI? | The Knowledge

“On 12 May 2013, Walter Pandiani played in the same team with his son, Nico. This was for Atlético Baleares in the Spanish second division B league. Are there any other examples of family members of different generations (not brothers or cousins) playing in the same team?” mused Alan B just last week.
The Walter Pandiani – once of Birmingham City and more recently dubbed the world’s sweatiest footballer. Lovely stuff. As for finding some answers, Phil Horton jumps straight into the time machine, also known as the Knowledge archive, to bring us this third-person nugget from November 2010. “Allow me to boast about a claim to fame,” he begins. “In the 1986-87 season Trowbridge Town, then in the semi-pro Southern League, had an injury crisis so great that 45-year-old coach Bill Horton was brought out of retirement, 15 years after he had last played for the club. His son, Phil Horton, was also signed to make up the numbers in two games. The story turns sour for Horton Jr when the established players regained fitness. Out he went, while the team demanded that the old fellah retained his place for around 20 games that season.”
“Still bitter after all this time,” Horton Jr signed off. Higher up the football pyramid comes none other than an Icelandic father and son double act. “I point you towards the Gudjohnsens, Arnor and Eidur respectively,” Elliot Leaver says, leaning in at the table, taking us back to 24 April 1996 in the process. Arnor gave Eidur a quick kiss on the cheek after his then 17-year-old son replaced him. This story ends in tears, though, as the two, technically, never played together. “Eidur is the more well-known on these shores from his spells at Chelsea and Bolton among others, and whilst neither appeared in the same club team, they made football history by playing for their native Iceland against Estonia in a friendly 21 years ago; Arnor started the match and was replaced by his son in the second half, who made his international debut at the same time. They were due to start together a couple of months later in a home fixture against Macedonia, but Eidur broke his leg playing for the under-18’s shortly after the Estonia game and, by the time he was fit again, his father had retired.”
Before we leave that one there, another Gudjohnsen could soon be making waves in Wales. The half-brother of Eidur, the 16-year-old Arnor Gudjohnsen signed for Swansea City this summer following a successful trial with the Premier League side, essentially a like-for-like Gylfi Sigurdsson replacement. Anyway, his father Arnor Gudjohnsen Snr won 73 caps for Iceland, playing for Anderlecht and Bordeaux along the way, before retiring in 2001. Eidur retired in 2016. “My dad and brother have helped me a lot throughout my career,” the teenager said. “They have given me good advice over the years.”
Pandiani was born in Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital and the same birthplace as Carlos María Morales, who also ran out in sky blue representing his country on a few occasions. “Morales played along his son Juan Manuel in 2008, for Montevideo Wanderers,” offers up Pablo Miguez, citing Wikipedia as his source. Any more for any more? “In Zenit St Petersburg there was such a case,” reveals Marat Airapetian. “Anatoly Davydov, a member of the Soviet title-winning 1984 squad, in 1997 returned to St Petersburg after spells in Finland and China, to become an assistant coach. However the manager, the famous Anatoly Byshovets, persuaded him to continue his playing career for another year, so he played 15 first-team games that season, most of them together with his son, Dmitry Davydov.
“In 1998 Anatoly Davydov finally called it quits and started his managerial career, which included several spells as head coach and winning the Russian Cup in 1999. He is still with the club now.”
Further down the pecking order, here comes Milton steaming in with another heart-warming tale. José Ramón Gómez and his son, José Alberto Gómez (39 and 19 years old respectively) played together at Barcelona-based CE Europa. What about Henrik and Jordan Larsson, says Bernd Jatzwauk, patiently waiting with his hand raised. “They played together for Hogaborg in 2013,” he tells us all the way from Germany.
And finally, Sean DeLoughry has another example of the family business inside international football. “Gary Kelly is an uncle of Ian Harte, both played together regularly for Leeds United and the Republic of Ireland, and they played together at the 2002 World Cup,” he says, before Thomas Hyland interrupts after spotting another pair of international team-mates. “Rigobert Song (uncle) & Alex Song (nephew) played together for Cameroon,” he adds.
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“Leyton Orient’s Charlie Lee got booked for the third time in our opening five games on Saturday – what’s the quickest anyone’s picked up a ban for accumulating five yellow cards?” pondered Gareth Marshall.
Signed from Stevenage by the Orient manager, Steve Davis, over the summer and then made first-team captain, Lee, once a trainee at Tottenham Hotspur, has not had quite the dream start he would have hoped for. As raised, his early disciplinary record made grim reading before picking up a serious knee injury last month. He has not played since 19 August (a 2-0 win at Woking) and is set to be sidelined for the foreseeable future. Back to the question in the offing, Julian Unkel has a slightly left-field answer, which makes Lee look like an angel. “René Rydlewicz, then of Hansa Rostock, managed to pick up five yellow cards in the first five matches of the 2001-02 Bundesliga season,” he says. Back on home soil, Alex Gray has found another gem, offering up none other than James Perch. “While playing for Newcastle United in the 2010-11 season, he was booked in each of the first five games of the season,” he reminds us. How could we forget?
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“I was wondering,” wrote Robert Sleigh back in 2010,” what was the highest ever attendance at a reserve game?”
OK, so who’s going to start the bidding? 15,000 anybody? 10,000? No? What about 8,559?
“Back in 1982 Gillingham drew Spurs at home in the League Cup third round,” writes James Tong. “Knowing that this was a money spinner, the club decided to sell the terrace tickets through the turnstiles at an evening reserve match. Orient were the visitors, and Gills beat them 3-1 in front of a club-record crowd for a reserve match of 8,559.”
Unfortunately for Gills fans, though, the Priestfield Stadium cannot lay claim to the record. There were 33,800 at Ibrox on 30 August 1997 to watch Rangers’ second string take on Celtic following the cancellation of the first-team Old Firm clash due to the death of Princess Diana. The presence of Antti Niemi, Stuart McCall, Gordan Petric, Tony Vidmar, Barry Ferguson, Gennaro Gattuso, Jonatan Johansson, Ian Durrant and Jörg Albertz in the Rangers lineup probably helped swell the numbers (although they were held to a 1-1 draw by a Bhoys side comprised of 11 teenagers).
That figure narrowly eclipses Sunderland’s 33,517 for their 1-0 win over Liverpool reserves in January 1999. There was free entry and £7,000 raised for charity. Michael Proctor (remember him?) scored the only goal of the game, while Liverpool’s Brad Friedel saved a penalty.
“On 27 August, journeyman Italian striker, Marco Borriello scored the opener for Spal against Udinese. This was the 12th different club he had netted for in Italy’s top league (equalling Nicola Amoruso’s Serie A record). Can anyone top that in other leagues?” asks Mr Nick Kaye.
“Arsenal have begun their first three league games of the 2017-18 season by sporting three different kits (red/home vs Leicester, black/away vs Stoke City, aqua blue/third kit vs Liverpool). Is this the first time this feat has occurred?” ponders Calum Brereton.
“With new Wembley now past its 10-year anniversary, I was wondering how many football league teams haven’t yet played there and who is the highest ranked team in the country not to have done?,” queries Nick Cotter. “Of the current Premier League, I can’t remember West Ham United or Newcastle United turning out on the hallowed turf mark II but may well be wrong.”
“Marko van Ginkel (on loan from Chelsea) has been appointed PSV captain by the head coach Philip Cocu. Has there been any previous occasions of a player on loan that was given an armband on a permanent basis?” ask Arif Babazade and Ramil Jahangirov.
And, lastly, Lord Kia simply asks, “Has there ever been a season where the relegated teams all gained promotion?”

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