After the British Olympic Association raised the possibility of fielding a team GB football side at the next olympics, the Welsh FA has spoken out to calm the talks, and says their priorities lie squarely with the Welsh national team, and qualifying for major tournaments.
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00:00In 2012, for the first time in what was then 52 years, Team GB fielded a football team
00:06to compete at the Olympic Games in London. It was a controversial decision given the
00:11independent nature of the home nation's teams, but went ahead despite not having the backing
00:15of the Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish FA's, with 5 Welsh players and 13 English.
00:21It ended with a quarterfinal defeat to South Korea, and for most of us that seemed to be
00:25the end of the story, but the British Olympic Association has brought up the matter once
00:29again for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. They say they want to explore the possibility
00:35of bringing a team together to qualify, but the Welsh FA has since come out to quell the
00:39talks and say their focus is on Wales qualifying for major tournaments, not Team GB.
00:45It's unclear as of yet what plans the BOA have for Team GB, but it seems the home nations
00:49do not back the idea and it seems unlikely to go ahead.
00:53Online opinions are divided, but generally speaking, Welsh football fans are against
00:57the proposals.