Has there ever been an approach to unite the four Britsh football associations?

And what do people think of it?|||Not to my knowledge. Each of the nations in the UK have their own identity and culture which they do not wish to see compromised. So the majority of the UK would oppose it.





There will be a Great Britain team in the 2012 Olympics, but all of the players will be English. The reason for this is because Sepp Blatter has pushed for a unified UK team to compete in international football, and the football associations in the UK did not want the Olympics to provide a precedent that Blatter could use to push it further.





Blatter is of the opinion that the UK is represented by four teams, but it doesn't work like that. If Scotland was to win the World Cup, then it would mean nothing to any of the other nations in the UK.





I can see the merit of a UK team in the sense that it would have meant that players like Ryan Giggs and George Best would have played in World Cups, but supporters wouldn't get behind a UK football team like they do their home nation.





But it does happen in other sports. In Rugby Union, there is the British and Irish Lions, this team is formed every four years, and is made up of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish players (in Rugby Union, both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are represented by a single team).





The British and Irish Lions tour every four years in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The last tour was in South Africa last year.





But in the Rugby Union World Cup, and Six Nations, each nation is represented by it's own team.|||It will never happen, the Scots, NI, Welsh and English will never join forces when it comes to football. We are all independant nations and want to keep our national identities.|||no, and wont happen there is more chance of Northen Ireland joining Rep of Ireland