The First Spherical of the 2024/25 Emirates FA Cup delivered loads of surprises and tales over the weekend. Tamworth beat Huddersfield City on Friday. On Saturday Brackley City, Dagenham & Redbridge, Wealdstone, Kettering City and seventh-tier Harborough City had been among the many groups who knocked out greater stage opposition
Mansfield City confronted no such drawback, travelling to Larger Manchester on Sunday to beat ten-man Curzon Ashton 4-0 and guide a Second Spherical assembly with League One rivals Stevenage.
However the Stags’ routine win over non-league hosts was noteworthy for a household connection among the many aim scorers. Veteran midfielder Stephen Quinn scored their second aim and briefly shared the sphere along with his nephew, Ben Quinn, who added the fourth with 5 minutes remaining.
Mansfield City into the hat for the Second Spherical because of Ben Quinn and his uncle Stephen
19-year-old Ben left Celtic in the summertime and joined Stephen at Area Mill, the place the older Quinn has been plying his commerce since leaving Burton Albion in 2021. Supervisor Nigel Clough has principally used him within the Bristol Avenue Motors Trophy and Carabao Cup this season.
Ben arrange Mansfield’s third earlier than scoring his first senior aim with a relaxed left-footed shot into the underside nook 56 minutes after Stephen’s easy first-half end delivered aim quantity 43 of his reasonably longer profession.
It wasn’t the primary time English soccer has been blessed by an Irish uncle-and-nephew connection. Gary Kelly performed for Leeds United along with his nephew, Ian Harte, between 1996 and 2004.
The 2 full-backs additionally performed collectively for the Republic of Eire. The Quinns gained’t handle that feat – Stephen is twice his nephew’s age and Ben is but to symbolize his nation at any stage – however two objectives and an help between them would possibly encourage Clough, no stranger to household ties in soccer, to mix them extra typically earlier than Stephen hangs up his boots.
In Scotland, the late Phil O’Donnell joined Motherwell for the second time in 2004. His nephew, David Clarkson, was already at Fir Park and the 2 had been team-mates till O’Donnell tragically handed away after collapsing on the pitch in December 2007.
Clarkson missed out on taking part in along with his cousin and one other of Phil’s nephews, Stephen O’Donnell, who was launched by Dundee earlier than Clarkson’s arrival in 2014.
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Sibling duos aren’t unusual however solely two father-and-son pairs have performed collectively in England. Alex and David Herd had been team-mates for Manchester Metropolis within the decrease reaches of the Soccer League in 1951.
Gary Bowyer scored within the first recreation he featured alongside father and player-manager Ian for Hereford United within the Fourth Division in 1989-90.
