http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/other-news/my-thoughts-on-the-uk-olympic-team.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:02:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/other-news/my-thoughts-on-the-uk-olympic-team.html/comment-page-1#comment-111 Ian Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:34:24 +0000 http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/other-news/my-thoughts-on-the-uk-olympic-team.html#comment-111 Basically, because Scotland has had an independent football team for so long, that there are worries about keeping that independence if Scotland and Wales agree to be part of a British Olympic football side. There's no Scottish national team in all those other sports, because their governing bodies don't recognize Scotland as separate from the UK. But the first international football match in history was England and Scotland, and we want to make sure that remains an international fixture. Basically, because Scotland has had an independent football team for so long, that there are worries about keeping that independence if Scotland and Wales agree to be part of a British Olympic football side. There’s no Scottish national team in all those other sports, because their governing bodies don’t recognize Scotland as separate from the UK. But the first international football match in history was England and Scotland, and we want to make sure that remains an international fixture.

]]> http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/other-news/my-thoughts-on-the-uk-olympic-team.html/comment-page-1#comment-108 tomasz Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:15:33 +0000 http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/other-news/my-thoughts-on-the-uk-olympic-team.html#comment-108 But Scottish sportsmen take part in the Olympics under the British flag. Why not football? But Scottish sportsmen take part in the Olympics under the British flag. Why not football?

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