GB Olympic Football Team.

[Wolverhampton]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olym...es/8072981.stm

A deal is imminent, what a surprise! it's gonna' be us English representing the rest of GB! just like normal though really, eh?

How are the Scottish and Welsh going to be feeling about this? (not like any of their players would make the team anyway but you know.)

Will you b supporting the GB football team?

Thoughts?

EDIT: Also yes I will be supporting them as, as much as I am proud to be English, I am also just as proud to be British, believe it or not.

[Janczyk]

I'm not proud to be British; much like the Scottish aren't because they want independence. Northern Ireland are alright and Wales can be alright but the Scottish are ***** when it comes to things like this.

I thought we couldn't have a team anyway because we have to have a GB team registered with FIFA if so?

[Wolverhampton]

Fifa are going to allow it, they were going to allow it with ALL GB players, but Scotland and Wales wouldn't agree to letting their players being included in the team. So it's gonna' be an all English GB team.

[Janczyk]

What Scottish and Welsh players would get in anyway? I see a place, maybe, for Craig Gordon - that's all.

[CJW93]

I;m not British, I am English

[Wolverhampton]

Don't all the football teams in the Olympics have to have like 3 players over 24 in the starting team? and the rest have to be under 24? or something stupid like that.

I'm English first and fall-most, but I am also British, and so is MOST of this forum. That is not an opinion, that is a FACT, although somewhere along in this discussion someone will disagree with me.

[Janczyk]

Under 23's with 3 over-age players - I think.

I am English.

[Wolverhampton]

We're both?

[Janczyk]

Not really.

In technicality, we're all British. But I class myself as English. If there's a form I need to fill in and it asks ethnicity - there's always a box saying White British but I put a tick in other and fill in 'White English'. I'm proud to be English, not British.

[Wolverhampton]

Can I ask why you're not proud to be British?

There must be reasons?