We've surely done this before, but off the back of Liam Delap's Man City debut last week I thought it'd be good to have a thread to catalogue the father-son cases in the current playing community (or, indeed, any father-daughter/mother-sons or daughters scenarios).
So, accepting I will definitely forget some, here are this season's Premier League footballers who had fathers that played professionally:
Harrison Ashby (b.2001, debuted 2020), West Ham, son of Barry Ashby (b.1970, played 1988-2006)
Jack Cork (b.1989, debuted 2006), Burnley, son of Alan Cork (b.1959, played 1977-1995)
Liam Delap (b.2003, debuted 2020), Manchester City, son of Rory Delap (b.1976, played 1994-2013)
Darnell Furlong (b.1995, debuted 2015), West Brom, son of Paul Furlong (b.1968, played 1986-2012)
Angus Gunn (b.1996, debuted 2017), Southampton, son of Bryan Gunn (b.1963, played 1982-1999)
Harvey Neville (b.2002, yet to make debut), Manchester United, son of Phil Neville (b.1977, played 1994-2013)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (b.1993, debuted 2010), Liverpool, son of Mark Chamberlain (b.1961, played 1978-1998)
Kasper Schmeichel (b.1986, debuted 2006), Leicester, son of Peter Schmeichel (b.1963, played 1981-2003)
D'Margio Wright-Phillips (b.2001, yet to make debut), Manchester City, son of Shaun Wright-Phillips (b.1981, played 1999-2017)
I'll allow everyone else to offer some more for their clubs/the recesses of their brain. Watford have two in their under-23s - Max Statham (b.2000), recently signed from Spurs, son of Brian Statham (b.1969, played 1987-2005), and Henry Wise (b.2000, one sub appearance in the FA Cup), the baby held by Dennis Wise (b.1966, played 1985-2006) when he lifted the FA Cup in 2000.
(all dates via Wikipedia)
So, accepting I will definitely forget some, here are this season's Premier League footballers who had fathers that played professionally:
Harrison Ashby (b.2001, debuted 2020), West Ham, son of Barry Ashby (b.1970, played 1988-2006)
Jack Cork (b.1989, debuted 2006), Burnley, son of Alan Cork (b.1959, played 1977-1995)
Liam Delap (b.2003, debuted 2020), Manchester City, son of Rory Delap (b.1976, played 1994-2013)
Darnell Furlong (b.1995, debuted 2015), West Brom, son of Paul Furlong (b.1968, played 1986-2012)
Angus Gunn (b.1996, debuted 2017), Southampton, son of Bryan Gunn (b.1963, played 1982-1999)
Harvey Neville (b.2002, yet to make debut), Manchester United, son of Phil Neville (b.1977, played 1994-2013)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (b.1993, debuted 2010), Liverpool, son of Mark Chamberlain (b.1961, played 1978-1998)
Kasper Schmeichel (b.1986, debuted 2006), Leicester, son of Peter Schmeichel (b.1963, played 1981-2003)
D'Margio Wright-Phillips (b.2001, yet to make debut), Manchester City, son of Shaun Wright-Phillips (b.1981, played 1999-2017)
I'll allow everyone else to offer some more for their clubs/the recesses of their brain. Watford have two in their under-23s - Max Statham (b.2000), recently signed from Spurs, son of Brian Statham (b.1969, played 1987-2005), and Henry Wise (b.2000, one sub appearance in the FA Cup), the baby held by Dennis Wise (b.1966, played 1985-2006) when he lifted the FA Cup in 2000.
(all dates via Wikipedia)
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