Team Britain, Fuck NO
The Problem
Now that London has won the Olympics there is pressure from politicians for Britain to form a British football team to take part in the Olympic tournament. The trouble with this idea is that the UK is a state made of four nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each of these four nations has a separate sporting identity and they compete as separate entities in world football; it is worth remembering that the game was invented in England and the first ever international football match was played between Scotland and England in Glasgow, 1872 (it ended 0-0).
There is much rivalry between the home nations, and between English and Scottish fans in particular there is a mutual loathing. But it's that passion that makes football the sport that it is, and it's what makes clashes between great rivals - England v Germany, USA v Mexico, Germany v Holland, Argentina v Brazil, Scotland v Faroe Islands - so very exciting. Take that rivalry away and you are left with twenty two men kicking a piece of leather around. Dilute that rivalry and you are left with an international Dodo of a sport. Frankly I couldn't care less for a British team, I certainly won't support one, and I cannot understand how the English FA, even less Trevor Brooking, can even countenance the idea of playing a British team instead of an English team. The very idea goes against the tradition of the game and the wishes of the fans, not to mention the players themselves.
The Solution
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LONDON 2012. First, let's congratulate London on a successful bid, just as we would have congratulated Paris. Now, what can Scotland get out of it? Well, we should send a team. There are 202 national Olympic committees (NOCs), and 13 of them represent areas which are states not recognised by the UN; they include Hong Kong and Puerto Rico. The Virgin Islands even have two teams - one from the British Virgin Islands and one from the US Virgin Islands. The IOC expresses it quite simply: "Although most NOCs are from nations, the IOC also recognises independent territories, commonwealths, protectorates and geographical areas."" |
To me this make perfect sense. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should compete as separate teams at the Olympics, in eveything. That way we get more home athletes that can qualify and we retain our national teams. I'm English first, British second. And I am sure that many Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish feel similarly about their nationality. I hope that they do, and I also hope that the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish fans can all support this call.
Either England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland compete as separate teams, in all events, at the Olympics, or we compete as Britain and have no team to represent us at football.
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Sepp Blatter = Cunt
from Toque on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 12:46Yesterday Wales were playing England at 8am Alberta time so I popped along the road and joined a club, the 'Elephant and Castle Soccer Fanatic Club'.
Here's my membership card to prove it:
Unfortunately, as I found out when I went to order a beer, Albe
Best of British Squad Selector
from Toque on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 12:25In comments Alex points out that the BBC are embracing Team GB wholeheartedly:
Football Focus on the BBC have already named their UK XI for the football as if it were being played this year and, that's right, you get one Scot [Darren Fletcher] and one W
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No fcuking way.
No fcuking way.
That's the spirit Colin.
That's the spirit Colin.
Absolutely no fucking way.
More please.
Never should there be a
Never should there be a British Team.... I might have it on my passport... but i'll never be British.... I'm a Scotsman ( proud to be )... and I fecking hate the English.. alway's have done.. and alway's will....
Absolutely no way should
Absolutely no way should there be any kind of 'British' football team at the 2012 olympics or indeed any other sport at any other event. If the likes of Hong Kong or the Virgin Islands can have an olympic team then why can't a proud, historic nation like England have its own olympic team?
Well well, it seems they are
Well well, it seems they are seeking to remove another plank of my English identity. Fight the power. Fuck the British football team.
Another example. if one were needed of how English identity is supressed at every turn.
Never. Scotland have almost
Never. Scotland have almost completely taken my country over, but they will never eliminate the English flag our national game!
A British team would most
A British team would most likely be made up of virtually all English players because the other countries are useless.
Lets have a seperate English team. I could not support a British team. Can you imagine the BBC sports commentator referring to Scottish Welsh Irish and British players. Aaaaaaaaaagh!!!!!!!!!
While we are at it lets have all the sports seperated.
I swam for Great Britain a long long time ago, but if it was now I'd refuse to take part!
No no no no no no no no no no
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no.
No British football team. No British sports teams at all.
English frist, British second.
Team Britain? Fuck no.
By 2012 it will be the
By 2012 it will be the English olympics any way. I can just see all those New Labour luvvies trying to rip down the English flags all over England.We don't want a GB olympic team and we don't want celtic and rangers in the English Premier leauge either.
Booooo!!! Indeed a
Booooo!!!
Indeed a monumentally misguided idea.
I imagine the only people that would support a "British" footie team would be the sort of no-brain tossers that cheer for 'toss-pot' Tim Henman as he fails magnificently to achieve any sort of mediocre success.
I would far rather see Scotland win bugger bloody all but be fairly represented on an international stage than continue to be affiliated with the other hom nations.
Good to see so many people in
Good to see so many people in England unhappy with the thought of Team GB for football, I hope by 2012 GB is split into its repective countries and we can all get on with it.
Team Scotland = Yes
Team England = Yes
Team Wales = Yes
Team NI = Yes
Team GB = Fuck no!
Free Scotland!
NO CHANCE, NO JOCK OR TAFFY
NO CHANCE, NO JOCK OR TAFFY WOULD GET A RUN ANYWAY
The only non-English player
The only non-English player to squeeze into the squad would be Michael Owen. Come on England!
Further to my comment above -
Further to my comment above - I hope he doesn't.
Christ.... Politicians and
Christ.... Politicians and sport - they just don't mix do they. And what a shame to see Trev Brooking creeping around Blair and company - and actually agreeing with this absurd proposition.
And for Jules Rimet's information, Michael Owen was born in Chester - therefore making him English.
Team up with the Scottish?
Team up with the Scottish? Hell, no.
It will never work! Nobody
It will never work! Nobody will go to see them play! The damned politicians cant make us go!
HOW CAN POLITICIANS BE SO STUPID??
Kinnear posted: Never should
Kinnear posted:
Never should there be a British Team.... I might have it on my passport... but i'll never be British.... I'm a Scotsman ( proud to be )... and I fecking hate the English.. alway's have done.. and alway's will....
I posted:
The feeling is mutual you #$%^!!!!
By the way, scotland has it's own parliament now SO HOW COME YOU'RE NOT INDEPENDENT? Oh yeah, I forgot. You jocks are all hot air and ranting!!
Fuck, never in a million
Fuck, never in a million years should they let scots, welsh or northern irish play football at the olympics, the olympics will be held in England, so lets have England playing, anyway it'll never happen, scotland, wales or northern ireland havent got any players fit to lick an Englishman's arse anyway
a british football team don't make me fucking laugh
England Forever, britain never
A British football team? That
A British football team? That way madness lies. Madness I tell you.
If Traitor Blair and his
If Traitor Blair and his bunch of merry twats manage to get their own way on this, this is what will happen ...
England has all the best players and comprises 5/6ths of the population so we will be entitled to get 2 players on the pitch.
Most of the top layer of government are Scottish so they will get 5 players on the pitch.
Fatty Prescott is Welsh so they will get 3 players on the pitch.
Northern Ireland will only get one player on the pitch because the IRA haven't given up all their weapons.
There will be two lots of reserves.
The first lot of reserves will be made up of Scottish and Welsh players who can be wheeled out if the British team somehow takes the lead so they can bask in the glory.
The second lot of reserves will be made up of English players who will be sent out when the British Team is losing 14-0 to Estonia so they can get booed off the pitch while the others are in the dressing room s with a pint of Whiskey.
Although I'd never attend
Although I'd never attend this match to do any booing if such a thing took place, I and probably 99.99% of tru football fans in Wales are againt this sick idea.
This has to be the worst idea
This has to be the worst idea I've ever heard, the English team should be left alone along with the Scots, Welsh and Irish. We should definetly be allowed to compete seperatley in ALL events. I want to hear less of this "Team GB" nonsense, and being cynical I think bidding for the 2012 Olympics was a deliberate attempt to play-up "Britishness" and try and damage the rise in English identity - because lets face it, afterwards the Scots and Welsh will be able to continue to play seperately, with England having to remain "GB" (although people may see that anyways given our depressing national anthem).
Team Britain no way !! -
Team Britain no way !! - Scotland, England and Wales competing as seperate countries at the Olympics YES !!
It makes sense.
Football Focus on the BBC have already named their UK XI for the football as if it were being played this year and, that's right, you get one Scot [Darren Fletcher] and one Welshman [Ryan Giggs].
... but then they lose Giggs because he is not under 23 as it states in Olympic football rules.
So that's 10 Englishmen and a token Scot, how can you get behind that if you are Scottish or Welsh ?
If they must have team GB let the four seperate nations play-off and if England win let them play as England [representing GB].
I'd rather have that than a kid-on Union team.
Britain is not a country it is a political construct.
Taylor [N.Ireland] McNamara
Taylor [N.Ireland] McNamara [Scotland], Cole [England]
Lampard [England] Ferdinand [England] Fletcher [Scotland] Beckham [England] Healey [N.Ireland] Rooney [England] Hartson and Giggs [both Wales]
6 Subs Robinson[GK] and Gerrard [England], Hartley, McFadden and Miller [Scotland] Sproule [N.Ireland]
Manager John Toshack [Wales]
If a GB team ever took shape this would be a good balance of all four nations, if they MUST have one for the Olympics they should make it that every nation of the UK starts with at least two players on the pitch.
This is just a bit of fun but in principle I am against team GB and would rather have the countries in the UK compete as seperate entities as in the commonwealth games.
Any chance of e-mailing one
Any chance of e-mailing one of those Team Britain FUCK NO banners to me, anyone will do.
We have an England football
We have an England football team, and thats an end to it!
NO, NEIN, NYET, NON,
NO,
NEIN,
NYET,
NON,
NADA
Not on your fucking life..........
See Scottishfitba.net for
See Scottishfitba.net for another take on the Team Britain saga, the fame of this excellent blog spreads.
See Scottishfitba.net
See Scottishfitba.net at
www.scotland-mad.co.uk
What about a Welsh player
What about a Welsh player instead of only English and Scots. I'll put it on our site then!
Here is the address for the
Here is the address for the large image with Ryan Giggs of Wales.
Here is the address for the small image with Ryan Giggs of Wales.
I'm going to use on of these on our site. Coulkd you add them to your collection above?
this is the problem with
this is the problem with london winning the olympics, blair and his cronies were just waiting for something like this to unite good ole GB, chance to wave some flags wot wot. so rather than respectfully parting and representing ourselves like grown ups at the olympics, they try and force this shit on us. if it does happen, im buying tickets so that i can shout obscenities throughout the game.
free cymru.
Spot on my Cymru friend, I
Spot on my Cymru friend, I also throw up at the site of Andrew Murray and Alan Mackin representing GB in the Davis cup [ is it ? ] in Tennis.
Can't get excited about anything that GB do in sport, if it is Scotland / Wales / England on their own then fair enough.
I could appreciate an English win more than a British win, at least I know what it is.
The lines are always bluured when it is Team GB, time for us to grow up and compete as seperate nations.
Our prime minister mostly represents GB [Great Blair].
Unfortunately when it becomes GB [Gordon Brown] the Little Englanders will start going on about the Scots influence in the Labour Party and get back into bed with the Tories.
Free cymru / free Scotland.
Totally agree with the
Totally agree with the sentiments expressed about team GB.
Sadly Scotlands politicians are too busy playing party politics to give the people what they want - a Scottish Olympic team.
But some of us aren't taking no for an answer.
We paid four figures to get a professional public opinion survey carried out - and we can now say with authority that 78% of Scots want a Scottish Olympic team. It would be interesting to know what the Welsh, Irish and English public think but we've got our hands full... :-)
Anyway, if anyone wants to support our campaign - the peoples campaign - then have a look at our website www.c-scot.org
Thanks.
i want team to play i come
i want team to play i come from ghana. i am 16 years
this is my postal address .
samuel asare
p.o.box od 136
ghana w/a.
thank you.
i am 15 years from ghana
i am 15 years from ghana and want to play a football team in england . this is email address owoo17@yahoo.com and this is my postal address.
emmanuel owoo
p.o.box od 260
ghana w/a.
thank you.
No No Never. Get it right up
No No Never. Get it right up ya Reedie ya fuckin quisling bam.
scotland v the nigels is the
scotland v the nigels is the oldest international fixture on the planet ,,,,,,,,nuff said ,
we developed the game and gave it to the world ,
the oldest football teams in the world are scottish and ,,glish ,
the oldest cup and league competitions are also scottish and ,,glish ,
the oldest purpose built football stadium anywhere is hampden park ,
the oldest rivalry and most intense is scotland v ,,gland ,
forget the mickey mouse argies n krauts weve beaten you more than anybody ,,,,,check youre history books for the facts ,
we both have the oldest independant national teams ,
our history goes way back over 125years ,
the record crowds for a european league match,,,,,,europeangame and international game are all held at hampden ,,,,,,,,again check youre history ,,,,,,,in the days when hampden was the biggest stadium in the world ,,,,over 150 000people crammed in,
so tell me again ,,,,,why should there be a british team????????????.
get tae fuck politicians ,,,,.
Grow-up you stupid tossers. I
Grow-up you stupid tossers. I bet the vast majority of you lot have blood in you from the other parts of the UK as the vast majority of British white people do so you can't truely call yourselves 'English, 'Scottish', 'Welsh' etc. I myself have English and Welsh blood so that makes me a TRUE BRITON but my CULTURAL IDENTITY is English.
If the United Kingdom of Great Britain and NI breaks-up the whole world will laugh their heads-off at us and, of course, Britain's enemies in the EU and in Europe will be absolutely over-the-moon!
I've got a fuckin good idea
I've got a fuckin good idea then , do what my dear departed grandad told me on his death bed....You dont need a passport to go to Europe .. at least I didnt in 1944 and also Dont go to France without a machine gun son
Jock McNastie is probably
Jock McNastie is probably right hampden is the oldest and was the biggest. The fucker fell down though
english trash . out the world
english trash . out the world cup so soon, or is it the world coop or kip, pronunciation is not your strong point,. I ate him , what did he taste like?.???
celtic,ira , al quaida, farq,
celtic,ira , al quaida, farq, hamas
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Vive le Quebec libre!!!
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Hi my name is Renato,
Hi my name is Renato, Actually im living in London to play football and I would like to know about trial in the British football team. Im 23 years old, brazilian guy and Im looking for a team to play Football. My position is Midfielder Advanced, I played in the sema position in Brasil for 10 Years.
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YES!!!! Down with the
YES!!!! Down with the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh assembly. I was born in England, but I'm BRITISH. We should be proud to fly our national flag (thats the union flag by the way). Great Britain built an empire and became a superpower - compare that to the pitiful advances of the home nations. We should get rid of the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish teams all together. God Save the Queen!
Unfortunately I live among
Unfortunately I live among the Sweaties to earn a crust and put up with anglophobia on a daily basis. Fuck em. No British team for us.