rfc_no1fan 13 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Fifa are set to formally approve a Great Britain team for the London Olympics despite opposition from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The ssue is to be discussed by Fifa's executive committee this week and they are expected to give it the go-ahead A source close to Fifa said " The executive committee are certain to rule in favour of a Great Britain team - but only for London 2012, not beyond" Good news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Great News :unionflag: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperSF 5,792 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 :unionflag: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas_Flute 11 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Good stuff :unionflag: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalbraith 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Im delighted, but would also like some sort of rule saying that there must be at least 3 players from each home nation in the starting 11. I know 4 x 3 = 12... but that's close enough to 11. You know what I mean, in the interests of fairness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac444 6 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Im delighted, but would also like some sort of rule saying that there must be at least 3 players from each home nation in the starting 11. I know 4 x 3 = 12... but that's close enough to 11. You know what I mean, in the interests of fairness. tbh it's not about fairness, its about winning, and at the end of the day they are all british and competing for Britain, so I couldnt care if all the starting eleven came solely from any of the home nations :unionflag: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalbraith 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Im delighted, but would also like some sort of rule saying that there must be at least 3 players from each home nation in the starting 11. I know 4 x 3 = 12... but that's close enough to 11. You know what I mean, in the interests of fairness. tbh it's not about fairness, its about winning, and at the end of the day they are all british and competing for Britain, so I couldnt care if all the starting eleven came solely from any of the home nations :unionflag: Not in this instance it's not about winning for me. What this is, is a ground breaking step. Football is the game of the people in Britain, this should hopefully make the union stronger through football and just this once, I would rather accomodate everyone and have fair representation in the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy500 463 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Rule :unionflag: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueben_d 40 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 the first stepping stone to a permanent British team has been taken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalbraith 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 the first stepping stone to a permanent British team has been taken. Yup. And the next step to keeping the critics happy is showing them that we can make it fair and have fair representation. It won't win them all over outright, but I think it would be a clever move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMWWBK 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Fantastic news. I'll second what John says. Hopefully they make some minimum number from each nation rule. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer 11 2,585 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 cant wait to buy a team GB footie top wonder how hard it would be to get tickets to the games as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 its bittersweet for me I am British and would be good to see how this pans out. What colour our strip will be who plays etc. But is this the end of the home nations? I support Scotland all the way and love supporting Scotland and would like to continue to do so. Is it wrong to be British and proud yet want to support Scotland and keep it separate in a footballing sense? On the other hand would we do a rugby and have our home nations and the british team....will F.I.F.A allow it? I dunno Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOLUWDC 1 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 its bittersweet for me I am British and would be good to see how this pans out. What colour our strip will be who plays etc. But is this the end of the home nations? I support Scotland all the way and love supporting Scotland and would like to continue to do so. Is it wrong to be British and proud yet want to support Scotland and keep it separate in a footballing sense? On the other hand would we do a rugby and have our home nations and the british team....will F.I.F.A allow it? I dunno Not at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperSF 5,792 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 cant wait to buy a team GB footie top wonder how hard it would be to get tickets to the games as well In honour of the Superhero Union Jack :unionflag: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer 11 2,585 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 cant wait to buy a team GB footie top wonder how hard it would be to get tickets to the games as well In honour of the Superhero Union Jack :unionflag: one of the first things on my list is a union jack comic when i get my wages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooperSF 5,792 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 cant wait to buy a team GB footie top wonder how hard it would be to get tickets to the games as well In honour of the Superhero Union Jack :unionflag: one of the first things on my list is a union jack comic when i get my wages :bouncy: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Just Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Hope the English enjoy it tho Still Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManchestGer 347 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I'd love to see a Ger in that team as well. Especially with the u23 rule it gives all our Scottish and British youngsters another thing to work for. Can only be a good thing for the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dado 334 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macleod1873 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Will be happy to see Salmond and his cronies at the SNP giving us all the reasons for this not to hapen. For me im delighted this is going ahead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 the first stepping stone to a permanent British team has been taken. If so, the first stepping stone to a British League has also been taken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoff 7 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 the first stepping stone to a permanent British team has been taken. If so, the first stepping stone to a British League has also been taken. If I had to sacrifice the scottish national side to get rangers into a British league I would do it without hesitation. If that came to fruition it would be fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 the first stepping stone to a permanent British team has been taken. If so, the first stepping stone to a British League has also been taken. If I had to sacrifice the scottish national side to get rangers into a British league I would do it without hesitation. If that came to fruition it would be fantastic. I doubt it will happen, but surely it would be unsustainable for FIFA to insist on one National side but keep separate Leagues? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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