Great Britain Football Team

For many the difference between Great Britain & England may not exist but let me enlighten you as Great Britain actually is the island which consists of England, Scotland & Wales while you also add in Northern Ireland it becomes United Kingdom. In Olympics however the team is official called as Great Britain and Northern Ireland while we generally call it Great Britain. In many sports England, Scotland & Wales have separate teams. Examples of this include football & rugby while cricket sees Wales part of England while Ireland in rugby & cricket includes both Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland while in football they play as separate teams. Despite a few sportsmen being eligible for multiple nations they are patriotic as a good example is Ryan Giggs who despite being eligible to play for England always stuck by Wales. Anyone who plays for England in Euro 12 is ineligible to be part of this Great Britain team while Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland have not qualified for Euro 12 which means the best players of the respective teams can be part of this line-up. Ideally it would make sense if FA selects an young team for Euro 12 while the likes of Terry, Ferdinand, Barry, Lampard & Gerrard can exit international football by bowing out for the GB team but that will never happen and this something which despite the various discussions across all forums England will continue to play overrated stars who fail at international level at every other major tournament. So with that into consideration I would name David Beckham as the Captain of the team with Ryan Giggs becoming the Vice-Captain and English legend Alan Shearer can be the manager. This will be my 23 for the Olympics:

Goalkeepers

-          Wayne Hennessey

-          Ben Foster (Retired from English team only)

-          Robert Green

Defenders

-          Kieran Gibbs

-          Kyle Walker

-          Lee Wallace

-          Alan Hutton

-          Stephen McManus

-          Jonny Evans

-          James Collins

-          Michael Dawson

Midfielders

-          David Beckham (C)

-          Ryan Giggs

-          Charlie Adam

-          Darren Fletcher

-          Barry Bannan

-          Gareth Bale

-          Aaron Ramsey

-          Tom Cleverley

Forwards

-          Daniel Sturridge

-          Craig Bellamy

-          Gabriel Agbonlahor

-          Connor Wickham