StornowayBlue 630 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 There will be no Scottish or Northern Irish players in the men's British Olympic football squad when it is announced on Monday.BBC Scotland has learned that manager Stuart Pearce will list 18 players from England and Wales.Fifteen of the squad must be under 23, with Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy and Micah Richards the three permitted overage players.None of the England players at Euro 2012 were considered.Four reserve players will also be put on stand-by, should anyone withdraw from the squad.There were Scots, including Steven Fletcher and Barry Bannan, on Pearce's shortlist of 35 players.The Scottish Football Association, along with their Northern Irish and Welsh counterparts, have taken no direct involvement with Team GB and have made it clear they do not want their players involved for fear of risking their countries' separate identities in world football.But they cannot block players from participating.Team GB were drawn in Group A at London 2012 alongside Senegal, Uruguay and United Arab Emirates.They begin their Olympic campaign against Senegal at Old Trafford on 26 July before facing the United Arab Emirates at Wembley on 29 July, and Uruguay at the Millennium Stadium on 1 August.Source BBC Scotland Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVB 2,560 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Bears Den? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Negri's Beard 1,423 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Bears Den?Na, Milngavie Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StornowayBlue 630 Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Sorry WVB, ur right. Was supposed to be in the General Discussion.Need a distraction, my head is fried with all thisAdmin, feel free to move. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Cradle85 3 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Team GB is out to win this, wouldn't have expected much from Scotland or Norn.Ireland to be honest. Barry Bannan was the most likely in my book, biut only as a reserve/bench player.Good luck to them. But couldn't care too much to be honest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getstiffed 8,863 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Na, MilngavieCloser to baljaffray. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn 15 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Go team G.B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclovin9091 1,388 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Why McGregor isn't one of the three olides, i don't know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneDavidCooper 2,505 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I'm watching Greyhound racing drinking lashings of stella. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 No surprise when the SFA have spent a full year mouthing off against it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,226 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I cant bring myself to care about this. I don't think I'd open my curtains if Olympic football was being played in my back garden.Re the whole Team GB controversy; the SFA are cunts but to be honest in this they might actually be right. FIFA are one of the most corrupt and untrustworthy organisations imaginable. If they say that the home nations are "safe" despite the precedent, I'd be inclined to believe the exact opposite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack1690 793 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Fuck bbc scHotland & fuck the sfa Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6superbarry6 14,159 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Why McGregor isn't one of the three olides, i don't know.fuck him,money grabbing Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6superbarry6 14,159 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 RULE BRITANNIA Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue 64 613 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Plenty tickets still available for Hampden. Great chance for anti sfa banners with world wide tv audience, and in their own backyard too. Maybe some of the thousands outside Ibrox the other night could pop along and actually do some good for our club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centenarystand 2,227 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Another victory for the jacobite Rangers hating cunts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,226 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Plenty tickets still available for Hampden. Great chance for anti sfa banners with world wide tv audience, and in their own backyard too. Maybe some of the thousands outside Ibrox the other night could pop along and actually do some good for our club.This is a good call. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegummy 4,472 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Why McGregor isn't one of the three olides, i don't know.Maybe he was going to fiddle his contract so he could do the team out of 10 mil Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsons Dog 9,878 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Hopefully they win their group cos I will see them at Cardiff in the Quarters. :beer1: Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneDavidCooper 2,505 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Barry Bannon ffs?Ned twat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue 64 613 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Another victory for the jacobite Rangers hating cunts.I got corrected on gersnet tonight for calling Braveheart Jacobean. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,921 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Barry Bannon ffs?Ned twat.I thinks Neds a much better player as it goes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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