England To Become GB For 2012 Football

According to reports, a deal to allow an England football team to represent Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics is set to be agreed.

Under it, the Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh football associations will have no involvement in the 2012 Games but they will not seek to prevent England from representing Great Britain in London on a one-off basis.

A document has been prepared by the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and sent to the others bodies to sign.

Football’s world governing body FIFA had set a deadline of the end of the month for the four home nations to come to an agreement over Olympic representation.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter made it clear he would accept an English side representing Britain but warned the other three associations from becoming involved in case it threatened their separate status in the future.

The development should see the end of a dispute that has raged since 2005, when London won the right to host the Games.