British managers back Team GB football team
DECEMBER 12 – THREE of Britain’s four national soccer team managers today backed a united team for the 2012 London Olympics.
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Football clubs warned to get their boots on
NOVEMBER 16 – TIME is “rapidly running out” for a football club to stake their claim to move to the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games, a senior London official warned during a visit to Barcelona today.
Scottish footballers should not be deprived of chance of playing in the Olympics says Davies
OCTOBER 17 – SCOTLAND’S players should not be forced to miss out on the opportunity of playing football in the 2012 Olympics, David Davies (pictured), the former executive director of the Football Association, said today.
Northern Ireland could stage football in 2012 claims top official
SEPTEMBER 10 – A TOP official in Northern Ireland has claimed that the Province could stage matches in the Olympic football tournament in 2012 if a decision is made on building a new national stadium within the next month.
Do not forget the future in rush to stage 2018 World Cup bid warns top football administrator
A SENIOR figure has warned the Football Association that a bid for the 2018 World Cup should not be at the expense of producing the next generation of young English players.
Warner renews attack on attitude of English football towards Caribbean
INFLUENTIAL FIFA member Jack Warner (pictured), who could hold the key to England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup, has repeated his attack on English football’s negative view about football in the Caribbean.
Clegg criticises Wales in football row
SIMON CLEGG, the chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA), has hit out at Welsh footbball officials for refusing to have anything to do with London 2012, which could deprive young players like Gareth Bale (pictured) the opportunity of playing.
Tory leader wants play-off for Team GB football in 2012
DAVID CAMERON (pictured), the leader of the Conservative Party, today said a tournament between the four football teams from the Home Countries should be held to decide who represents Britain at the 2012 London Olympics.
New goal for footballers as 2012 Olympic opportunity beckons
JUNE 3 – UK SPORT and the English Institute of Sport (EIS), together with the major football authorities, today offered over 1,000 released academy footballers the chance to take up the challenge and switch their talents to targeted Olympic sports in time for 2012.
Triesman promises there will be more to England’s 2018 World Cup bid than football’s coming home
LORD TRIESMAN (pictured) today criticised the organisers of England’s last bid to host the World Cup as being complacent and not understanding how the bidding process worked.
Professional footballers unhappy about drug testing plans
THE Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) are opposing stringent new drug-testing rules that are similar to those imposed on Britain’s Olympic athletes.
FA promise that Britain will have a football team in 2012
AUGUST 6 – LORD TRIESMAN (pictured), the chairman of the Football Association, said it would be “barking mad” if Britain were not represented in the 2012 Olympic tournament and promised that they would be.
Pearce keen to manage British football team in 2012
AUGUST 19 – STUART PEARCE (pictured), the former England captain, has made it clear that he wants to manage Britain’s controversial football team at the 2012 Olympics.
Coe consults lawyer over football claim
LONDON 2012 have denied a newspaper story that Sebastian Coe (pictured) said “F*** ’em” after being asked about objections from Wales and Scotland to the idea of a British Olympic football team and said that they consulted lawyers.
Brown accused of scoring own-goal over British football team
AUGUST 23 – THE Prime Minister (pictured) has been accused of scoring a “spectacular own goal” after he said in Beijing today that he would try to persuade Scotland and Wales to back plans for a united British football tournament to take part in the 2012 Olympics.