Scottish FA Hampering Team GB Dream

The possibility of a united Team GB football team appearing at the 2012 Olympics in London seems to become less and less likely as each day goes by.

Despite reassurances from FIFA that a joint GB challenge would not threaten the independence of any of the home nations for future international tournaments, the separate Football Associations seem unable to reach an agreement.

The majority of the opposition seems to be coming from north of the border as the Scottish FA fail to take on board FIFA’s claims.

With former Scotland manager Craig Brown fronting a ‘No To Team GB’ campaign, it makes me wonder why all the opposition seems to be from the one nation who, arguably, have the best chance of staying as an independent football nation in the near future.

Their have been rumors of an All-Ireland team encompassing both Eire and Northern Ireland into one team for a few years now.

England and Wales already compete as a joint nation in cricket, as well as Cardiff and Swansea competing in the English football league and FA Cup.

Brown claims he is a proud Scot and doesn’t want his country to lose it’s identity, but there is a line where pride turns to arrogance and moreover ignorance, and I feel the Scottish FA may have crossed it with their constant lack of cooperation.

Why would any of the home nations want to lose their national identity?

I can’t imagine a single young boy in England who grows up dreaming of captaining team GB, however as a one off event on ‘home’ soil it would bring great pride to a nation with a crippled economy and very little sunshine in the future.

Perhaps it is time for the people at the top to realise what Britain needs at the moment is to become Great again, to draw together, and support one another whilst times are looking particularly bleak.

Perhaps this could be a first step, don’t you think?