Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

[Logan Mountstuart]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Even as a City fan, I'd have to say Kevin Mabbutt I suppose.

[TheNonFlyingFrenchman]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Joël Bossis

[shackleford]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Martin Buchan's brother George played occasionally in the same team as him at Aberdeen, and even followed him to Man United (Wikipedia says he played three times for them). Stretching my memory a bit here, but I'm sure an old AFC book I read once (or it might have been my dad) said something along the lines of "aye he was a bit pish but he was close to Martin, so Man U ended up signing him to keep his brother company".

Their father, and Martin's son Jamie, also played for the Dons, but evidently none of them got close to Martin, who was one of my old man's heroes and remains the only man to captain Scottish Cup and FA Cup winning teams.

[blameless]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

The flip side of the Buchans is the Considines - Andrew's been far more use to the Dandies than his old man Doug ever was.

I didn't see Michael Rummenigge's name mentioned in the original run of this thread. That's a fairly major omission if so.

[dalliance]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Haven't read back the thread to see if the McStay brothers were mentioned. Willie and Raymond were to Paul what Hugo and Raoul were to Diego.

[Patrick Thistle]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Dave Beasant's son, Sam, was also a goalie.

Hasn't saved a penalty in an FA Cup final or injured himself with a bottle of salad cream AFAIK.

[3 Colours Red]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Mike Lake - more than decent enough for us when he came from Sheffield United in the promotion season of '92/'93 but I somehow doubt he was as good as Paul.

And of course Mel Pejic, a proper stalwart but outside North East Wales only really known as Mike's bruv.

Add the previously mentioned Mathias Pogba (who's not even close to being the second best of the siblings) and it's clear we've got some form in this area.

[scratchmonkey]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

I cannot say how delighted I am to be the first in the thread to mention Jamar Beasley, who's still playing, apparently for the Ontario Fury of the Major Arena Soccer League. He was the first MLS player drafted out of high school and when he appeared for the Revolution, he was the youngest MLS player at the time.

He is of course the brother of DaMarcus, who's quietly had a pretty impressive career for an American player.

[Alderman Barnes]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Back to sons, in the last two years, Gillingham have had on their books Charlie Allen (son of Martin), Joe Martin (son of Alvin), Jake Hessenthaler (son of Andy) and Josh Hare (son of the youth team manager Darren Hare), as well as Bradley Garmston (son of Sonia Lannaman) and John Egan, whose dad, also called John, was a great Gaelic footballer.

[trimster]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Wasn't Pele's son a mediocre goalkeeper?

[andrew7610]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Last season Crawley Town managed to field Mathias Pogba and Lewis Young, whose brother Ashley occasionally comes down to the Broadfield to watch him. That's brotherly love, that is, putting yourself through a Crawley game voluntarily...

[Crusoe]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

For a while in the late 1990s we had twin brothers Scott (full back, underrated, about 200 games for us) and David (striker, described routinely as a 'pocket battleship' presumably for his speed and, er, robustness, 20 games) McNiven. Sons of ex-Leeds and Bradford striker David McNiven, too.

[Patrick Thistle]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

There was a stat out once that you were 700 times more likely than average to make it as a pro baseball player if your father was a pro baseball player. Think it might have been in Freakonomics.

Anyway, it makes you wonder what a similar stat would be for footballers. I can see how it would be beneficial. Parents who might encourage you in your career instead of telling you to do your French homework, a ready-made network of contacts, favours waiting to be called in and so on.

[Tapiocahead]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Patrick Thistle wrote: Dave Beasant's son, Sam, was also a goalie.

Hasn't saved a penalty in an FA Cup final or injured himself with a bottle of salad cream AFAIK.

His other son plays at centre half for Chesham Utd.

Dean Saunders' son runs around up front gamely for Crewe.

[Tapiocahead]

Have we done teams of the less-good brothers?

Sergio Pinto, younger brother of Joao, had a year in West Yorkshire with limited success.