Footballing Brothers - The Younger Brother Rule of Thumb Game

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Mark Stein
Brian Stein

was jock stein the older of the three ?

 

[The Wookiee]

was jock stein the older of the three ?

Old Stein ! !

 

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Old Stein ! !

i'll line 'em up, you slot 'em home

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

wheres your aggresion coming from,the guys only starting a debate ffs

Don't forget this is NSC, how dare anyone start a debate about football. Now if it's poo you're talking your in the right place!

 

[drop dead fred]

wheres your aggresion coming from,the guys only starting a debate ffs

Think you need to calm
Didn't know saying somethings shit and the word sorry in the same sentence was classed as aggressive
Says the bloke that ends his post with ffs
ffs !!

 

[Bognor Bystander]

The Boatengs - Prince (Ghana) and his brother (?) who plays for Germany
and the Wright- Phillips Shaun and Bradley - not sure these help prove anything !

 

[Curious Orange]

Ray and Dean Wilkins, loyalty aside you would have to say Ray would be the better brother.

Yeah, but Ray is also the younger brother of Graham Wilkins... how does that work?!?

 

[Curious Orange]

Wright- Phillips Shaun and Bradley - not sure these help prove anything !

They're only half-brothers so I'm not sure that counts.

 

[Curious Orange]

James and Adam Virgo is my contribution to try and prove the rule.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Can't believe nobody's mentioned the Benders yet.

Lars & Sven.

 

[Lush]

Elliott Bennett is older than Kyle, and edging it at the moment.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Or the (both shit) Justin & Gavin Hoyte.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Not forgetting Shola & Sammy Ameobi- bit soon to judge I guess.

And Steve "lower league journeyman" Jagielka & more talented younger brother Phil.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Isn't there other members of the Wilkins footballing clan??
All I can remember is they weren't of a very high standard

There were two more brothers, Andy and One played for Brentford and one for Barnett, I think.

are Tommy and Gary Elphick related?

Yes. Gary is the older brother.

 

[Simster]

The elephant in the room:

Chris Hughton - tidy Spurs player who can also manage
Henry Hughton - an absolute cünt.

 

[Seagull over NZ]

It's an interesting debate but i would suggest that the initial theory put out there in terms of having to compete with older siblings is not right. I have just read a book called "Bounce" by Matthew Syed that looks at the issue of talent. The idea he proposes is that the notion of natural talent or child genius is not correct, and that it is hard work and practice that gets you to the top. He acknowledges that certain physical attributes can help but argues that hard work and practice, the "10,000 hours" rule is key to being world class at something. The notion here is that a younger brother might be exposed to sport at an earlier age than his siblings and as a result learns the sport earlier and therefore has more hours under his belt.

Well worth a read. People cited the fact that Tiger Woods was a child genius but in actual fact he had gold clubs at the age of 18 months and by the age of 3 could hit a ball 80 yards so the fact that he was so good at such a young age reflected the amount of practice he did at such a young age. Same with the Williams sisters. None of these people had exceptionally talented parents to pass on genius genes" but got them practicing religiously at a young age.

Well worth a read if you get the chance, he also looks at things like superstitions in sport givin a mental edge, religious beliefs in sportsmen etc.

 

[BigGully]

There were two more brothers, Andy and One played for Brentford and one for Barnett, I think.



Graham, Ray, Steve and Dean Wilkins

 

[BigGully]

Yes. Gary is the older brother.[/QUOTE]

Gary is the Father

 

[mr sheen]

Kevin Bremner and Des Bremner

 

[BigGully]

I got told that the most 'successful' family regarding number of professional brothers were the Clarkes as in Alan 'sniffer' Clarke etc.