Team GB Will Include No Scots

[Shotgunjim]

Might have a chance of winning gold now!!!!

Plans for a Great Britain football team to participate in the Olympic Games in London in 2012 must go ahead without any Scottish involvement.
The Scottish FA have decided not to participate, but have no objection to the other ‘home’ British nations forming composite sides for the men’s and women’s Olympic and Paralympic teams.

England and Northern Ireland are in favour of the move, while the Welsh FA, who were initially anti, are now deciding whether to reconsider.

Once the Welsh have made a decision, team selection proposals will be drawn up.

The Scottish FA had been given written assurances by Fifa president Sepp Blatter that taking part in the 2012 Games would not affect their separate identity in world football.

But the Scots are concerned that Blatter may not be in power by 2012 and that his successor may have other views.

An SFA spokesman said: "We are just being entirely consistent with the position we have held for years."

London 2012 organisers had promised that the first event of the Games - the opening football match - would kick off at Hampden Park, Glasgow, if the Scots supported the idea of a British team.

The Great Britain team would be limited to players aged under 23 but three overage players would be allowed.

Britain qualify automatically as Olympic hosts.

However, this is likely to be a one-off. It is unlikely there will be a British Olympic football team beyond 2012, because no united British team plays in the European Under-21 Championships, which act as the qualifying tournament

[Danger Mouse]

was on the news earlier that wales have gone with scotland and opted not to take part in a olympic team, which makes me wonder, how can you have a gb team if not all countries agree to it?

[-G-Man-]

Oh No! However will we cope without the jocks!?

[mcdee]

getitrightupyees :tongue

[DB]

Too bloody right, we may score a goal or win a point now then !!

[DrunkenSteve]

Oh No! However will we cope without the jocks!?

Probably get pumped in the quarter finals after convincing the world that you'll win like you lot normally do at major tournaments.

Except that as a GB (Scumland) and N.Irish side based on recent form it should be a mainly Northern Irish team at the olympics anyway..........................

[ABCMan]

Probably get pumped in the quarter finals after convincing the world that you'll win like you lot normally do at major tournaments.

Except that as a GB (Scumland) and N.Irish side based on recent form it should be a mainly Northern Irish team at the olympics anyway..........................

looks more like a face saving excercise after all they wouldnt have wanted any scots players in team gb, not even as bench warmers, at least now team gb wont be forced to replace half decent players with useless ones just to present a combined team

[Son]

Looks like we dont wanna join a GB team either

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ls/4427504.stm

[tam9]

The scots don't want to be tarred as rejects so we'll represent our OWN country.

Face it mofo's Britain is nothing without Scotland.

[ABCMan]

The scots don't want to be tarred as rejects so we'll represent our OWN country.

Face it mofo's Britain is nothing without Scotland.

no you wont, its team gb or nothing (which is about right for scottish football)

[tam9]

We'd show half your stars up with our players. Admittedly, England is better than us, but with say 3 players from Scotland the side would be perfect and win everything. With 0 scots yer mob would lose the lot..

[DB]

Dappa is well puzzled thinking of ONE let alone three players that Tam is on about????

[BLUTO141]

Dappa is well puzzled thinking of ONE let alone three players that Tam is on about????

well as we are talking about an event 7 years away, not many of the current players are going to be around, but as you ask for one I can think of 2 that may well still be going.
Craig Gordon and Andy Webster, both still very young with a long career ahead of them.

[beekae]

The Olympics are for amateurs NOT professionals......I'll leave the punchline to someone else.

[Danger Mouse]

think the olympics football is worked on the basis of 2 players over the age of 23 and the rest under the age of 23

i.e. squad of 23 = 21 23 or under and 2 over 23's (or under if they wish)

[wijit]

Probably get pumped in the quarter finals after convincing the world that you'll win like you lot normally do at major tournaments.

Except that as a GB (Scumland) and N.Irish side based on recent form it should be a mainly Northern Irish team at the olympics anyway..........................

....bandwagon for Drunken(now THATS out of character for a Jock!) Steve.

[Termy]

The Olympics are for amateurs NOT professionals......I'll leave the punchline to someone else.

We should be able to pick any Scottish player then, lol.

[lloydi]

I thought you scots would have jumped at any opportunity to take part in any kind of cup! its been a while

[DrunkenSteve]

....bandwagon for Drunken(now THATS out of character for a Jock!) Steve.

How can it be a bandwagon when it's my own opinion that i've had since Euro 92 when I was 8.

Unfortunatly your media and fans attitude that England have a devine right to win makes it so easy for the world to hate you and as your closest rivals Scotland already hate you

Oh and do you realise how fucking patronising "jock" is? Sassenach

[wijit]

closest rivals Scotland(?)

Oh and do you realise how fucking patronising "jock" is? Sassenach

Bandwagon for the N Irish reference.
Shall we add "deluded" to your signature?
Yes, my Brother in Law told me you guys find it patronising-can't begin to say how pleased I was.
However, for the record, we don't think we have a divine right to win, we know we invented the game which is supported around the globe by far more people who go to watch some bloke chucking a log in the air, we also know we have been taught lessons by other countries in that game. But you shouldn't flatter yourselves that we're remotely arsed what your opinion of us is.