Was it the right thing to do not to enter GB teams?
Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:31 pm
I just wondered what peoples opinions are on this now especilally after the Euro's. 
‘Team GB will not enter football teams for 2016 Rio Olympics’
• FA fails to receive unanimous backing for men’s and women’s sides
• 2012 teams were a one-off, according to the other home nations
Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell
Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell had managed the Team GB side's at the 2012 Olympic Games. Photograph: Henry Browne/Action Images
Alan Smith
@alansmith90
Monday 30 March 2015 23.53 BST Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 14.26 BST
Great Britain will not be represented in the football competitions at next year’s Olympics after the FA formally withdrew its proposal to enter teams for the Rio de Janeiro Games following a lack of support from the other home nations, according to reports on Monday.
The FA’s director of football services, Jonathan Hall, wrote to the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish FAs confirming the news on Monday, having failed to receive their unanimous backing, it is claimed by, among others, BBC Sport.
Jim Boyce, the Fifa vice-president who will step down from his position in May, had previously said that Great Britain would only be allowed compete if there was agreement from all home nations. However, both the SFA and Welsh FA expressed disquiet over the FA’s proposals this month. The other home nations had feared a united British team could risk their independence within Fifa and insisted that entering a team at London 2012 was a one-off due to it being a home Games.
Five Welsh players were involved at London 2012 for the men’s team and two Scots featured for the women’s team despite concerns from their FAs. Both teams were knocked out in the quarter-finals and prior to that the last time a British side entered the Games was 1960.
This month Trefor Lloyd Hughes, the Welsh FA president, had said of the FA’s plans to enter a team: “I am absolutely gutted with the English FA – very, very disappointed. I’m livid about it. England seem to want to run everything and take over the whole game. But we will not let that happen – the dragon on Wales has still got flame coming out of his mouth. We are not going to be bullied.”
The SFA also accused its English counterpart of “underestimating the strength of feelings from the other home nations”, adding “we have been consistently clear in our opposition to Team GB”.
‘Team GB will not enter football teams for 2016 Rio Olympics’
• FA fails to receive unanimous backing for men’s and women’s sides
• 2012 teams were a one-off, according to the other home nations
Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell
Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell had managed the Team GB side's at the 2012 Olympic Games. Photograph: Henry Browne/Action Images
Alan Smith
@alansmith90
Monday 30 March 2015 23.53 BST Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 14.26 BST
Great Britain will not be represented in the football competitions at next year’s Olympics after the FA formally withdrew its proposal to enter teams for the Rio de Janeiro Games following a lack of support from the other home nations, according to reports on Monday.
The FA’s director of football services, Jonathan Hall, wrote to the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish FAs confirming the news on Monday, having failed to receive their unanimous backing, it is claimed by, among others, BBC Sport.
Jim Boyce, the Fifa vice-president who will step down from his position in May, had previously said that Great Britain would only be allowed compete if there was agreement from all home nations. However, both the SFA and Welsh FA expressed disquiet over the FA’s proposals this month. The other home nations had feared a united British team could risk their independence within Fifa and insisted that entering a team at London 2012 was a one-off due to it being a home Games.
Five Welsh players were involved at London 2012 for the men’s team and two Scots featured for the women’s team despite concerns from their FAs. Both teams were knocked out in the quarter-finals and prior to that the last time a British side entered the Games was 1960.
This month Trefor Lloyd Hughes, the Welsh FA president, had said of the FA’s plans to enter a team: “I am absolutely gutted with the English FA – very, very disappointed. I’m livid about it. England seem to want to run everything and take over the whole game. But we will not let that happen – the dragon on Wales has still got flame coming out of his mouth. We are not going to be bullied.”
The SFA also accused its English counterpart of “underestimating the strength of feelings from the other home nations”, adding “we have been consistently clear in our opposition to Team GB”.
Re: Was it the right thing to do not to enter GB teams?
Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:54 am
WFA scared were guna loose our identity and letting their squabbles with the EFA get in the way of young players getting the chance to play at the Olympics.
Re: Was it the right thing to do not to enter GB teams?
Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:54 am
WFA scared were guna loose our identity and letting their squabbles with the EFA get in the way of young players getting the chance to play at the Olympics.
Re: Was it the right thing to do not to enter GB teams?
Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:34 pm
nubbsy wrote:WFA scared were guna loose our identity and letting their squabbles with the EFA get in the way of young players getting the chance to play at the Olympics.
Fears of losing our independent football status, which are well founded. Been an increasing lobby of nations wanting to scrap the four nations... f**k team gb, it ain't worth it!