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Should there really be a GB FC? 11:47pm on 25 Aug 2008 Time for bed so one last thought (at least for Scotland fans):

The SFA need to be a bit more robust in fighting their corner on this one. Why not tell the BOA to shove their Olympics and that the use of Hampden is a non-starter?

Hampden Park is sacred ground: it's for Scottish football, European Cup Finals and the odd Rod Stewart concert - not mickey mouse events like under-23 Olympic football!

Cheers to all (and fight the good fight).
Should there really be a GB FC? 10:52pm on 25 Aug 2008 No Engerrlund, the threat to our separate footballing existence is not explicit, but it's there. Any amalgamation, even if it's supposidly a one-off, will be pounced on by Jack Walker and his cronies in FIFA.

Who he? Head of the North American federation, that's who, and he doesn't like the Home Nations. As someone else said, an Olympic team would be the thin edge of the wedge; why set a precedent?

I'm sure the powers that be in London are well aware of this and that's what makes me think there are wider agendas at work here, especially with Brown. (The guy's nothing but a political calculating machine and his time as Chancellor has certainly taught me to read the small print.)

I'm a Nat so I would take this view, but there are lots of Scots who believe the the Union affords them plenty space to express a Scottish as well as British identity. I fear they're in for a rude shock over the next four years.

In the last few days we have seen a concerted effort to steamroller the Olympic team through and it's going to get worse. Browbeating, belittling, sneering and general all round bullying; we're had a foretaste. The thing is, I reckon there are going to be a helluva lot of p***** **f Scots by the time we get to 2012. Bring the nation together? Aye right!

NB: apologies to the Irish for referring to the British Lions when it should be the British and Irish Lions. No dis intended.
Should there really be a GB FC? 8:44pm on 25 Aug 2008 What really gets me about this issue is the way the arguments put forward by the SFA and Scotland fans are just brushed aside. We are seen as no more than party poopers and should be good boys and girls and fall into line.

There's no acknowledgement of any perspective other than the London 2012 one. The arrogance of people like Craig Reedie, the petulant Simon Clegg (of the BOA), the English FA, and now Gordon Brown, is breathtaking: it makes me wonder if there is anything more to it than a handful of games of fitba.

It's obvious when thinks about it though, especially for Brown. What better way is there to entrench Britishness than to get rid of the Scotland international side, one of the few opportunities we get to be Scots on the international stage? Neat, eh.

Never trust a son of the manse.

NB: for all those people using the British Lions as an example of teams coming together, just bear in mind that it is a touring and not a national side. It includes players from the Irish Republic - try telling them they are representing Britain!

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