Footballers who turned out better than their dads

[ClaretsPadiham]

Literally zero chance our new signing is going to be better than his dad but who are the ones that turned out to be better ?

I’ll start with Frank Lampard, although Frank Senior wasn’t a bad player at all, 551 caps for West Ham and 2 caps for England.

We can also mention the ones who wasn’t a patch on there fathers.

I’ll start with Tom Ince who wasn’t on Paul’s level.

Also Alex Bruce only made a career because of his father Steve. He was pants.

[ClaretAndJew]

Jay Rodriguez

[Big Vinny K]

I reckon 99% of footballers are better than their dad.

[Devils_Advocate]

Wade Elliott

[Inchy]

Wade Elliott

No way he was better than Fred

I say there’s no way he’s better than Fred

[ClaretTony]

I would suspect when dads and lads have both played, it is more likely that the dads were best although I'll now come up with examples that prove my theory wrong such as Jack Cork.

A few who have played at Burnley whose dads or lads also played football.

Mick Docherty (dad Tommy)
Jack Cork (dad Alan)
Brian Miller (lad David)
Paul Barnes (lad Harvey)
Colin Morris (lad Lee)
Derek Scott (lads Chris & Paul)
Andrew Cole (lad Devante)
Wayne Biggins (lad Harrison)
Andy Todd (dad Colin)
Mike Summerbee (lad Nicky)
Adrian Randall (lad Joel)
Andy Gray (dad Frank, lad Archie)
Walter Joyce (lad Warren)

[Hipper]

Frank Casper (son Chris).

[Selby Claret]

Joey Gudjonsson and Isak Johannesson (lad)

[CalamityClaret]

Not me. My dad says he was top drawer. After a few beers he was a cross between Pele, Busquets and Schmeichel

[Woodleyclaret]

Harvey Barnes far better than ex Claret Paul

[TheFamilyCat]

Jamie & Harry Redknapp.

[colner]

Erling Haaland's better than his Dad Alfie i reckon

[ClaretTony]

Joey Gudjonsson and Isak Johannesson (lad)

And Joey's dad Gudjon Thordason

[roperclaret]

Ian Wright and both sons

[ClaretsPadiham]

Justin Kluivert not as good as Patrick.

Jordi not as good as Johan Cruyff.

Zidanes 3 kids aren’t as good as him all put together even though every one of them played for Real Madrid !! Deffo a case of who there dad was.

[BFCmaj]

Dwight and Matty McNeil

[Bosscat]

Erling Haaland's better than his Dad Alfie i reckon

Alfie wasn't too bad until that horror tackle by Roy Keane ended his career

[fidelcastro]

Jack Grealish... Or maybe he just has bigger calves!

[Luppy]

Frank Casper (son Chris).

In turn Chris's son Charlie is making great progress with us

[helmclaret]

Kenny and Paul Dalglish

[Claret Toni]

Darren Ferguson and Sir Alex

[ClaretTony]

Peter & Kasper Schmeichel

[Vim Fuego]

Pushing the subject a tad I suppose, but (already) Jude and Mark Bellingham

[ClaretTony]

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and dad Mark

[colne-claret]

I had no idea Andy Gray was Archie Grays dad.

[ClaretTony]

David Edgar and dad Eddie
Lee Dixon and dad Roy

[Marney&Mee]

Javed Miandad…

[ecc]

Paolo Maldini was better than his father, Cesare, although the latter was no slouch, winning the EC and four Serie A scudetti. Paolo was also better than his two sons.

[Herts Clarets]

Imre Varadi better than his dad Olly

[gandhisflipflop]

Messi better than his dad Robbie Blake

[Malvern claret]

Sadly for us Harry Flowers was nowhere near as good as his dad Ron.

[distortiondave]

Alex Robertson just signed for Cardiff and will probably have a better career than his ex-Claret dad Mark.

[helmclaret]

Ray Clemence and his son
Nobby Stiles and his son

[Jel]

Mike and Nicky

[Marney&Mee]

Brian and Lukas Jensen

[distortiondave]

I'm not sure Ray Clemence, Nobby Stiles or Peter Schmeichel are worse than their sons, unless I've missed a UNO switcheroo somewhere on the thread.

[ClaretTony]

Sadly for us Harry Flowers was nowhere near as good as his dad Ron.

Apart from the fact that Harry was Ron’s grandson

[ClaretTony]

Brian and Lukas Jensen

Ha ha

[helmclaret]

CT already noted

[Malvern claret]

Good point CT, simple arithmetic should have told me that!

[helmclaret]

Ron or Paul Futcher had a lad who played in the league

[EarbyClaret]

Michael Owen and Chris Sutton - think I'm right in saying their respective dads played in the same Carlisle team in the 1970s

Ian Walker had a more illustrious playing career than his dad Mike - who was contender for the manager's job here at one point if I remember correctly

[distortiondave]

Ron or Paul Futcher had a lad who played in the league

Yeah, but was he better than his dad?

[helmclaret]

Probably not. Just read Ben has been appointed interim manager of England u21s.

[helmclaret]

Yeah, but was he better than his dad?

The first question is too hard.

[distortiondave]

But the title hasn't changed...

[distortiondave]

The first question is too hard.

I thought 'what are you on about?', but you're right, the question in the title is different to the one in the topic, and the one in the topic is asking the opposite of the one in the title?
So, lets just name good footballers? Bonus point if they've a father or child.

[Cheshireclaret]

Ian Wright and both sons

Ian wright was also better than his grandson D’Margio who plays for Stoke- in fact Ian Wright is a great grandfather!

[JohnMac]

Mark Hately was better than Tony Hately

[JohnMac]

Joao Mendes is going to be better than his Dad Ronaldihno.

We wish!