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Sir Alex to lead Team GB at 2012?

August 25, 2008

As the 2008 Olympics draw to a close, attention turns to London and 2012. Can Great Britain field a team in the football, combining the English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish FAs?

It’s London, and the hosts really should have a representative in the football, since after all it is the hosts that invented the game. However politics rears its ugly head and the thought of national identity being compromised for the English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish in order to field one team has become something of a talking point.

If they can put aside their differences and agree to field a united team, who better to lead the team than the country’s (by that, we mean GB) most successful manager, Sir Alex Ferguson? Fergie should have retired from United by then, if he keeps his word this time, so would be in a position to lead the team without distractions.

According to the minister for sport, Gerry Sutcliffe, Ferguson is the ideal candidate. That must be the first time that a minister has got something right about sport!

Previously Fergie has stated that he didn’t want to commit to the Games, but yesterday Prime Minister Gordon Brown put his sizable weight behind the campaign to get Sir Alex involved, and even stated that Fergie had been approached by Lord Seb Coe about leading Team GB.

Britain didn’t enter a team at this year’s Olympics in Beijing, making it 48 years since Team GB has competed in the football at a Games.

Fergie, speaking about the possibility of him leading the nation, stated:

I will be 70 in 2012. I’ve not made any commitment to anything like that.

I would not, in any way, shape or form, try and commit myself to something that is four years ahead.

Britain has to have a team in the London Games, it can’t fail to enter. It would be disastrous for the nation.

Written by Roy · Filed Under World Football 


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