FA warn Team GB's footballers unlikely to appear at another Olympics

The FA have warned that Team GB’s appearance at London 2012 was their last at an Olympics, despite Tom Cleverley stating his desire to see the side compete at Rio in 2016.

Alex Horne, the FA’s general secretary, has admitted the FA don’t want to risk the status of the four home nations by continuing with the combined side.
‘Within the men’s game, it is not going to happen again – and on the women’s side I’m going to say it’s unlikely,’ he said, despite admitting that ‘you can understand why it is more compelling. ‘Olympic football for women is the pinnacle.’

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The stance will come as a blow for Hope Powell’s women’s side, who reached the quarter-finals and were watched by 70,584 at Wembley when they beat Brazil in their final group game.


But it will disappoint the men too. Manchester United midfielder Cleverley said earlier:

‘The way sport was showcased in the Olympics was an example for everyone in every sport. It was unbelievable, something I look back on, even now, as being just amazing.’

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