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Uefa's David Taylor says a GB team at the Olympics would endanger British football's separate identities.
Uefa general secretary David Taylor says that a British Olympic football side could be fatal for the Scottish national team's continued existence.
Great Britain's Scottish Prime Minister Gordon Brown is among those keen for a united team to compete in 2012.
But Taylor said: "It is the quickest way for Scotland to disappear off the international stage."
The Scottish FA, along with their Northern Irish and Welsh counterparts, have rejected a united team for London.
Britain has not had a united team competing at the Olympics since 1960.
"The official position of Uefa, indeed of Fifa, whose responsibility it is, is that this has to be purely a football matter and nothing to do with world of politics," said Taylor.
It's difficult to see what guarantees can be given
Uefa general secretary David Taylor
"It is about the identity of the countries and it is a matter for the football associations.
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Uefa's David Taylor says a GB team at the Olympics would endanger British football's separate identities.
Uefa general secretary David Taylor says that a British Olympic football side could be fatal for the Scottish national team's continued existence.
Great Britain's Scottish Prime Minister Gordon Brown is among those keen for a united team to compete in 2012.
But Taylor said: "It is the quickest way for Scotland to disappear off the international stage."
The Scottish FA, along with their Northern Irish and Welsh counterparts, have rejected a united team for London.
Britain has not had a united team competing at the Olympics since 1960.
"The official position of Uefa, indeed of Fifa, whose responsibility it is, is that this has to be purely a football matter and nothing to do with world of politics," said Taylor.
It's difficult to see what guarantees can be given
Uefa general secretary David Taylor
"It is about the identity of the countries and it is a matter for the football associations.
More...