GB team lined up for 2012

United boss Ferguson leading choice to lead the side The British Olympic Association (BOA) insist that Great Britain will field a football team at the games in 2012. With London set to host the event in four years' time the idea of fielding a side made up of players from the four home nations has been touted for some time. Now Lord Moynihan, chairman of the BOA, has pledged to make the concept a reality. "The impact of a British team on the public and their support of the Games will be enormous," he said in the Daily Mail. "We would also expect that team to be a strong medal contender and thereby generate tremendous excitement throughout the country. "We must have a team in these Games and we will have a team." Lord Moynihan is likely to face opposition from the governing bodies for football in Scotland, Wales and Northern... [read full story]