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I am aware of the reasons why the Scottish/N Irish and Welsh FA's would decline to be part of a British Football team: the risk to the future of their national teams is perceived as too high.

but surely no British football team at the Olympics..our Olympics..would be a great shame, not least for young Scottish, Irish and Welsh players at the time (the Olympics being an U23 competition I think, for football) who would have a unique opportunity to participate in their home Olympics

You would think the BOA would do a deal with Blatter/FIFA to allow it as a one off.

I note Blatter's comments at the end of this article, which may or may not be worth a candle, I don't know

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7067642.stm

Do you sympathise with the FA's here or are they showing a parochial and short sighted attitude?



p.s I am not criticising the Scots/Welsh/N Irish!

I'm hoping we'll have a Scottish team in the 2012 Olympics.  :-*

Why would we want those crap English players in our Scottish team and who would manage it? Steve McLaren? ;ifm;

By 2012 tho we could snap up Gary Megson by which time he will have guided Bolton to Champions League  glory (twice) and numerous other trophies.

I've always thought it was a shame not to have a British side in the football at the Olympics, but I can understand why we don't.  It would be exciting looking at the current U18's squads working out who's going to be going for a spot in the main squad for 2012.  Even if the players don't come from a professional club level, it would be good to see us enter a team.

I don't see the point in a Brit team it would be dominated by England.

Not necessarily, it's all U23's, I'm sure there would be a few Scottish, maybe one welsh in there :D