Other City families of note include:

• Adam Hinshelwood is the son of ex-England under-21 and Crystal Palace footballer Paul Hinshelwood and nephew of Martin Hinshelwood. His grandfather Wally Hinshelwood was also a professional footballer. Adam’s son Jack plays for Brighton & Hove Albion, making his Premier League debut in May 2023.
• 3 generations of a number of footballing families have City links, including:
  • Phil Burrows. Phil’s father and grandfather both played for Stockport. His Dad, Arthur Jnr once played against Ernest Swallow (no need to name his son here) in a famous cup tie, the “timeless” Division 3 North Cup game in March 1946 between Stockport and Doncaster. Meant to be played to a conclusion, the game was eventually abandoned after 203 minutes of playing time with scores level due to bad light, the longest ever senior English game. His Granddad, Arthur Snr, was named as twelfth man (non playing substitute) in the 1921 Division 2 game between Stockport and Leicester which attracted a record low of just 13 spectators
  • Local striker Jeff Barmby failed to make the grade with City but had a long non league career at Scarborough. Son Nick played for Spurs, Everton and England whilst his son Jack came through the Manchester United junior system before moving to America
  • Charlie Cooper had a month on loan with City in October 2016, Dad Mark was a decent lower league player and manager whilst grandfather Terry Cooper enjoyed a long career at left back for Leeds and England
  • September 2020 signing Michael Woods is the 3^rd generation of his family to play for City following in the boots of Neil (uncle) and Alan (grandfather). Neil's son, Sam was an apprentice at Grimsby
  • Shaun Rooney. His great uncle Benny Rooney was also a footballer, mainly with St Johnstone. His great grandfather Bob also played but was better known as a physiotherapist at Celtic
  • Tom Fenoughty Snr signed for City in early 1927 and had 6 very successful seasons (97 goals in 229 appearances) as City became a Football League side. He joined Rotherham in 1934. His son, Tom Jnr played for Sheffield United and Chesterfield. 2 other sons, Mick and Nick also played for Chesterfield. In 1975, all 3 featured in Matlock's 4-0 FA Trophy win over Scarborough at Wembley, the only instance of 3 brothers playing together at Wembley. A grandson, Mark Fenoughty, had a spell as COO at Sheffield United. Tom Snr was great grandfather of siblings Michael and Rory Boulding were also footballers, both playing for various Football League clubs, including Mansfield and Bradford City between 2006 and March 2010. Michael was previously a leading ranked GB junior tennis player whilst one of his sisters, Sally also spent some time on the world tennis circuit and another sister, Helen, is a talented musician. Read More.
  • Speaking York Hospital Ball, Scott Barrow's father is a well known figure in football in South Wales and his grandfather was a former professional footballer.
• George Thompson, a City keeper from the 20s once watched his son Des play in goal for City against Scunthorpe who had another son, George Jnr in goal.
• Gordon Staniforth’s children, Tom (Sheffield Wednesday), pictured in Yorkpress features in September 2020 as a Rowntrees Under 12 and December 2020 and Lucy (Manchester United and England) both went into the professional game.
• Jimmy (uncle) / Billy Rudd (nephew)
• Keith Usher (father in law) / Cliff Calvert
• Will (grandson of Paul) Aimson was a defender with Plymouth at the start of the 2020/1 season (having previously played for several clubs including Hull, Blackpool and Tranmere)
• Michael Rankine is the cousin of Tottenham Hotspur's Danny Rose and nephew of ex player Mark Rankine. Mitch Rose is Danny's brother and played with Grimsby and other clubs
• The grandfather of Kiernan Kennedy, Paddy Kennedy, was a "Busby Babe", playing a handful of games in his United career
• Barry Jackson is City's record appearance holder. His nephew, John Pickering, holds the same record at Halifax
• Josh Law's elder brother, Nicky was also a pro, notably with Glasgow Rangers. Their father, Nicky Snr was a player and later manager
• David McNiven lead City's strike force during the 2000/1 season, his brother Scott was a pro and their Dad, David Snr, was a top flight striker with Don Revie's Leeds side
• Chris Galvin, City's 1976-7 loanee was the elder brother of Tony Galvin who played for Spurs and the Republic Of Ireland
• Onome Sodje. Possibly a member of City's largest sporting clan. Uncles Sam, Efe, Akpo and Steve were all professionals in England whilst another uncle, Bright (Hull KR, Sheffield and Wakefield included) was a rugby league professional. Onome and the first 3 uncles all made over 100 appearances whilst playing, several family members (not including Onome) were later implicated in a major fraud case. The start of the 2023/4 season saw 19 year old defender Harrison Sodje make his Leyton Orient debut, presumably the next generation of the family
• Neil Rioch. His City career amounted to one appearance as a substitute in February 1972. Neil is the young brother of Bruce, Neil’s nephew, Gregor, son of Bruce, played for Peterborough, Hull, Macclesfield, Shrewsbury and others. Bruce and Neil’s father was as Scottish athletics international. Neil’s claim to fame is being a ball boy at the 1966 World Cup Final.