Tresidentevil wrote:
Scotland, N Ireland and Wales are only allowed their own FA's because they have separate national teams to England. Historically we never enter a football team GB because it would mean FIFA and the Olympic commission would stop allowing those nations to have their own leagues/FA's (and hence their own money), since they would be showing they lack national identity (or something).
An agreement was reached so that we could have a team GB and they could keep their own FA's/national teams. FIFA promised they wouldn't mess about with things. Scotland/Wales/N Ireland still refused because they didn't believe FIFA (can't blame them). In the end the Olympic guys and the English FA have just overuled the other countries and done it anyway.
At one stage team GB was going to be an all English squad, it's good this has happened.
I think players have to be under 21 or 23 or something with 2 or 3 players over age.
Thats us Fucked straight away.