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Saturday, 30 September 2006 |
British Olympic Association plans to enter a football team
The British Olympic Association (BOA) is persevering with plans to enter a Great Britain football team at future Games, in spite of opposition to this move.
At a meeting it was agreed that British men's and women's teams will be competing at the 2012 London Games, although, neither the Welsh nor the Scottish Football Associations attended the meeting.
"We will be going ahead anyway," said BOA boss Simon Clegg. "It is the BOA who selects the Games team."
And the new director of performance Sir Clive Woodward stated that the BOA had the choice of selecting players even if the two Football Associations fail to agree on the concept of a combined team.
"The Olympics is a very special occasion and if a player from any of the four countries wanted to play, I think it would be a shame if they were not allowed to participate," said Clive Woodward.
"If the football teams were put together with strong squads and a strong coach I think they would have a real medal chance," Sir Clive Woodward added.
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