10 Goalkeeper father and sons

Football seems to be on my mind for some reason.

1. Peter (Manchester United, Denmark) and Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City, Denmark)
2. Goran (TPS Turku, Finland) and Peter Enckelman (Blackburn Rovers, Cardiff City)
3. Miguel Reina (Atletico Madrid) and José ‘Pepe’ Reina (Liverpool)
4. John Lukic (Leeds United) and John Lukic Junior (Grimsby Town)
5. Roy (Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town) and Gary Bailey (Manchester United, England)
6. Fabio (A C Milan) and Carlo Cudicini (Chelsea)
7. Bryan (Norwich City) and Angus Gunn (Manchester City)
8. Mike (Colchester Town) and Ian Walker (Spurs)
9. Edwin (Ajax, Fulham, Manchester United, Netherlands) and Joe van der Sar (ADO Den Haag)
10. Andy (Manchester City, Wrexham, Wales) and Christian Dibble (Wrexham)
[In this case, there is really a triple run as Andy's father Alan was also a goalkeeper. My dad used to take me to watch him play for Girlings in days of yore].

10 Famous goalkeepers

As someone who played in goals as a boy myself this list is of interest as a fine bit of trivia. (We are talking about soccer, of course).

1. Algerian born writer and philosopher Albert Camus played for Racing Universitaire Algerios (RUA) junior team (“All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.”)

2. Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias played for Los Blancos Juniors

3. Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) played for Krakow University

4. Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti played in goal for Modena Juniors before moving to the wing position

5. Writer Arthur Conan Doyle played for a team called Portsmouth F C (but unconnected to the present day team)

6. Writer Vladimir Nabokov played during his time at Cambridge

7. Scientist Niels Bohr played for Akademisk Boldklub (his lesser known brother Harrald played for the national side when Denmark took silver at the 1908 Olympics)

8. Revolutionary Che Guevara (in goals and not on the left wing due to asthma)

9. Religious oddity David Icke played for Coventry City

10. Boyband Westlife singer Nicky Byrne played for Leeds United youth who won the FA Youth Cup in 1997