The footballing rivalry between England and Argentina is set to play out between a father and son when the two teams meet at the Powerchair Football World Cup on Sunday.

Former Birmingham City player and ex-Kidderminster Harriers chairman Colin Gordon is coaching the Argentinian team while his son Chris is competing for England.

The pair will meet in Buenos Aires at 16:00 BST as part of the 10-day tournament.

"Unfortunately, it means I'm going to come up against my son and his aspirations, but I don't think we've got a divided family - everybody's on Chris' side," Colin said. "I'm the outcast."

Colin said he had been involved in the sport for about 20 years through his oldest two children who have spinal muscular atrophy.

The rare genetic condition causes muscle weakness and movement difficulties and can affect a person's ability to walk, swallow and breathe.

"I've been supporting Chris and coaching at West Bromwich Albion and then coaching with England for 12 years," Colin said.

"We were very successful with England and then more recently I've been asked to coach Argentina, which has been great fun and a privilege."

The sport is played on basketball-sized courts with mixed teams in purpose-built power wheelchairs.

It is growing in popularity worldwide and in England there is a Premier League, Championship and four regional leagues, Colin said.

His son previously invited Argentinian powerchair player Valentino Zegarelli to play for West Bromwich Albion so he stayed with them for six months and "built a fantastic relationship" with his family, Colin said.

"Valentino's father is the head of power wheelchair in Argentina and when I came away from England he asked if I'd be interested in trying to help them win a World Cup on home soil for them.

"I love the family. I love the group of people I'm working with, and thought it would be a privilege to help them out and to try and help them be successful in their own country."

As to whether England can bring it home, Colin said they and France were considered to be the top two teams in the world, with France perhaps edging it.

England have been European champions and were World Cup runners up in 2023.

"We lost in the World Cup final, which was my last game [for England], on penalties to France, which was a bit of a blow having beaten them in the Euros, the tournament before, on penalties," he said.

"England would be a very, very close second - it's basically a penalty kick between the two teams."

Argentina finished fourth at the last World Cup so "anything was an improvement on that", he added.

But Colin said it would be "interesting" to play against his son and be "humming to a different [national] anthem" and seeing his son "singing his heart out" for England.