GB Olympic team will not include Scotland

Plans for a Great Britain football team at the London 2012 Olympics will go ahead without any Scottish involvement, it has been decided.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2005 - 19:12

Plans for a Great Britain football team at the London 2012 Olympics will go ahead without any Scottish involvement, it has been decided.

The Scottish Football Association told a meeting of the four associations in Belfast today that they has ruled out taking any part in any British football team at the games.

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