The England keeper set to face his dad at a World Cup

Colin Gordon will be coaching Argentina at the World Cup, while son Chris will be playing for England. Colin Gordon will be coaching Argentina at the World Cup, while son Chris will be playing for England "I was a big football fan growing up. My dad got involved with powerchair football through me," England goalkeeper Chris Gordon says of his father Colin. "But he's now coaching Argentina, so we'll be facing each other in the World Cup." For Gordon Jr, who is playing at his fourth Powerchair Football World Cup for England, Sunday's meeting with hosts Argentina carries extra significance with his dad in the opposite dugout in Buenos Aires.

Gordon Sr is himself a former professional footballer, a striker at clubs including Birmingham City, Fulham and Leicester City in the 1980s and 90s, who later became a football agent. "My dad and I have worked together at West Brom for a number of years and then he coached me for the England national team," Chris says of their working relationship. But this one is more personal. At the last World Cup in 2023, Colin managed England to the final, where they lost on penalties against France. But this time around, Chris is hoping to get one over his father. "England will definitely come out on top [against Argentina], so