Hendon FC have long had a reputation for being a family club.

Among supporters, three generations of the same family have married fellow Hendon fans, but, on the pitch, they're trying to keep it in the same generation this season.

Coach Bontcho Guentchev has played on the same pitch as his two sons, but this was only in a pre-season friendly.

The two boys, however, Lubomir and Iavor, have been regular names on the team-sheet with the older boy, Lubo, making almost 40 appearances this season. Last season, in the finale at home to Margate, both Bontcho and Iavor played together for the last few minutes and the son almost set up his father for a goal.

But they are not the only brothers and team-mates at Hendon.

Davis and Brian Haule have well in excess of 200 appearances between them after they both returned to Claremont Road for second spells in 2006-07.

James Burgess passed 200 appearances for the Greens earlier this season, more than 100 more than his brother and ex-team-mate Mark (they have first-team 322 appearances between them and Mark's FA Cup goal against Biggleswade United, the less than vital last in a 6-0 victory, is the only one they have mustered between them).

Last week, on transfer/signing deadline day, Hendon added Jack Page to their squad. He is the younger brother of centre-half Sam, who joined the club permanently from MK Dons earlier this season after two loan spells.

On Saturday, in Hendon's Ryman League Premier Division match at Hastings United, Jack Page, Brian Haule and Iavor Guentchev, the younger brothers of Sam Page, Davis Haule and Lubomir Guentchev, were all named as substitutes. Jack and Brian were both used (the former replaced Haule Senior), while Iavor could not be used following an enforced change by Hendon early in the first half. And it was two of the three elder brothers who were Hendon's goalscoring heroes in the 4-3 victory, Davis netting a hat-trick and Lubo a spectacular late winner.

DAVID BALLHEIMER