Politically Correct Football?
Part of me says I would welcome a GB football team in the Olympics. My only problem is that it is being politically driven.
I am struggling to think of a single Irish, Scottish or Welsh player who would make the squad. I accept that may be because of limited knowledge. But, if it were the case that the best 22 for the Olympic squad were all Englishmen, you could bet your bottom dollar that one or another of our senior Scottish politicians would stick their oar in and force at least one man from each Nation to be selected.
The only thing to be grateful for is that most of the current gaggle of senior Scottish politicians won't be in power then.
I am struggling to think of a single Irish, Scottish or Welsh player who would make the squad. I accept that may be because of limited knowledge. But, if it were the case that the best 22 for the Olympic squad were all Englishmen, you could bet your bottom dollar that one or another of our senior Scottish politicians would stick their oar in and force at least one man from each Nation to be selected.
The only thing to be grateful for is that most of the current gaggle of senior Scottish politicians won't be in power then.
posted by Martin Curtis at 3:36 PM
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