1896 - Games of the I Olympiad (Athens, Greece)
	Football was played at the first modern Olympics, but records do not state who won.
1900 - Games of the II Olympiad (Paris, France)
	Football was played as a demonstration sport, with no medals being awarded. An English club side, Upton Park, played one game (on September 20) and defeated their hosts, Club Français, 4-0, at Velodrome Municipal de Vincennes. They were declared winners of the tournament.
1904 - Games of the III Olympiad (St. Louis, USA)
	The football tournament was won by a Canadian club team. No British team took part.
1908 - Games of the IV Olympiad (London)
	The Great Britain squad was represented by the England amateur team that had won all ten of their previous fixtures.
xSquad Members: 18 18		FA Member in Charge: Alfred Davis (teams selected by FA committee) Captain: Viv Woodward (Tottenham Hotspur)
Quarter-Final
1	20 October 1908 - Great Britain 12 Sweden 1 [7-0] White City Stadium, Shepherd's Bush (2,000) = (11)	Stapley (2), Woodward (2), Berry, Chapman, Purnell (4), Hawkes (2) Bergström	HW
Semi-Final
2	22 October 1908 - Great Britain 4 Netherlands 0 [1-0] White City Stadium, Shepherd's Bush (6,000) = (11)	Stapley (4)	HW
Final
3	24 October 1908 - Great Britain 2 Denmark 0 [1-0] White City Stadium, Shepherd's Bush (8,000) = (11)	Chapman, Woodward	HW
	Great Britain won the gold medals.
1912 - Games of the V Olympiad (Stockholm, Sweden)
	The Great Britain squad was, once again, represented by the England amateur team, defending their Olympic title, after a run of ten wins in their last eleven fixtures.
xSquad Members: 19 19		FA Member in Charge: George Wagstaffe Simmons (teams selected by FA committee) Trainer: Adrian Birch Captain: Viv Woodward (Chelsea)
Quarter-Final
4	30 June 1912 - Great Britain 7 Hungary 0 [2-0] Olympiastadion (8,000) = (11)	Walden (6), Woodward	NW
	England goalkeeper, Ron Brebner, saved an early penalty from Hungary's Bodnár, with the score goalless. Centre-half, Ted Hanney went off injured at half-time and left Britain with ten men for the second half.
Semi-Final
5	2 July 1912 - Great Britain 4 Finland 0 [2-0] Olympiastadion (4,000) = (11)	Sharpe, Walden (2), Woodward	NW
	Full-back, Arthur Knight missed a penalty after 15 minutes, with Britain already leading 2-0.
Final
6	4 July 1912 - Denmark 2 Great Britain 4 [1-4] Olympiastadion (25,000) = (11)	Olsen (2) Walden, Hoare (2), Berry	NW
	With Britain leading 2-1 in the thirtieth minute, the Danish defender, Buchwald, was taken off with an arm injury leaving Denmark to play the final hour with ten men. Great Britain won the gold medals.
1916 - Games of the VI Olympiad
	The Olympic Games were cancelled due to the first world war.
1920 - Games of the VII Olympiad (Antwerp, Belgium)
	In an attempt to emulate the pre-war Olympic successes, Great Britain was, once more, represented by the England amateur team (with a Welsh trainer).
xSquad Members: 19 19		FA Member in Charge: Charlie Wreford-Brown (teams selected by FA committee) Trainer: George Latham Captain: Arthur Knight (Portsmouth)
First Round
7	28 August 1920 - Great Britain 1 Norway 3 [1-1] Olympisch Stadion (5,000) = (11)	Nicholas Gundersen (2), Wilhelms	NL
1924 - Games of the VIII Olympiad (Paris, France)
	Great Britain did not enter a team in the Olympic Games. Uruguay won the gold medals.
1928 - Games of the IX Olympiad (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
	Great Britain did not enter a team in the Olympic Games. Uruguay won the gold medals.
1932 - Games of the X Olympiad (Los Angeles, USA)
	No football tournament was held at the Los Angeles Olympics.
1936 - Games of the XI Olympiad (Berlin, Germany)
	Football and Great Britain returned to the Olympics and, for the first time, the British squad included players from all four of the home nations, though neither of the two Welshmen played in the tournament.
xSquad Members: 22 13 5 2 2		FA Members in Charge: Charlie Wreford-Brown and Stanley Rous (teams selected by FA committee) Trainer: Bill Voisey Captain: Bernard Joy (Casuals)
First Round
8	6 August 1936 - Great Britain 2 China 0 [0-0] Mommsenstadion (8,000) = (6)(4)(1)	Dodds, Finch	NW
	Queen's Park and Scotland striker, Mac Dodds, became the first non-Englishman to score for Great Britain, when he netted the opening goal. Belfast Celtic full-back, Bertie Fulton, became the first Irishman to play for Britain.
Quarter-Final
9	8 August 1936 - Poland 5 Great Britain 4 [2-1] Poststadion (6,000) = (8)(2)(1)	Gad, Wodarz (3), Piec Clements, Shearer, Joy (2)	NL
	Poland led 5-1 with twenty minutes remaining. World Champions, Italy won the gold medals.
Friendly
10	12 August 1936 - Germany 4 Great Britain 1 [2-0] Sportplatz am Rothenbaum, Hamburg = (6)(2)(2)(1)	NK	AL
	This was a hastily-arranged game between two teams that had been eliminated in the quarter-finals. Seven players made their debuts for the British side and it was the first to include representatives from all four nations of the United Kingdom.
1940 - Games of the XII Olympiad
	The Olympic Games were cancelled due to the second world war.
1944 - Games of the XIII Olympiad
	The Olympic Games were cancelled due to the second world war.
1948 - Games of the XIV Olympiad (London)
	The Football Association turned to a Scottish manager (who was about to lead Manchester United to the FA Cup) and gave him the honour of selecting the teams to represent Great Britain on home soil. The committee still selected the squad, though, and, for the first and only time, the English contingent made up less than half of it. Players from all four home nations were to appear and score in the Games, also for the first and only time.
Olympic Trial
-	28 February 1948 - Great Britain 4 Queen's Park 0 [2-0] Fratton Park, Portsmouth (14,000) = (10)(1)	Amor (3), McIlvenny	HW
	This was almost an England v. Scotland amateur international. Eight members of the British team (actually England, plus Welsh striker, Frank Donovan) and five members of the Queen's Park team made it to the Olympic squad, although Queen's Park finished bottom of Scottish Division A and were relegated.
Friendlies
11	20 June 1948 - Netherlands 2 Great Britain 1 [1-1] Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (63,000) = (7)(2)(1)(1)	van der Tuyn, Roosenburg Joseph	AL
-	10 July 1948 - FC Basel 3 Great Britain 2 [NK] Landhof Stadion, Basel, Switzerland = (6)(4)(1)	NK Aitken, McIlvenny	AL
	The Olympic hopefuls were three goals down to a strong Swiss team, but fought back strongly on a waterlogged pitch, almost forcing a draw.
12	25 July 1948 - France 2 Great Britain 3 [0-3] Stade Malakoff, Nantes = (7)(2)(1)(1)	Strappe, Courbin Hopper, Kelleher, McIlvenny (pen)	AW
xSquad Members: 22 10 7 3 2		Manager: Matt Busby (squad selected by FA committee) Trainer: Tom Curry Captain: Bob Hardisty (Bishop Auckland)
First Round
13	31 July 1948 - Great Britain 4 Netherlands 3 [1-1] AET [3-3] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (21,000) = (7)(2)(1)(1)	Hardisty, McBain, Kelleher, McIlvenny Appel (2), Wilkes	HW
	Full-back, Gwyn Manning, of Troedyrhiw, became the first Welshman to play for Britain in the Olympics, whilst Barnet's Denis Kelleher became the first player from Northern Ireland to score for Britain at the Games.
Quarter-Final
14	5 August 1948 - Great Britain 1 France 0 [1-0] Craven Cottage, Fulham (25,000) = (7)(2)(1)(1)	Hardisty	HW
Semi-Final
15	11 August 1948 - Great Britain 1 Yugoslavia 3 [1-2] Empire Stadium, Wembley (40,000) = (6)(2)(2)(1)	Donovan Bobek, Wölfl, Mitić	HL
	Pembroke Borough striker, Frank Donovan, equalised for Britain, with the first Olympic goal scored by a Welshman, but his appearance was the last ever by a Welsh amateur at the Games.
Third and Fourth Place
16	13 August 1948 - Denmark 5 Great Britain 3 [3-2] Empire Stadium, Wembley (5,000) = (7)(4)	Præst (2), Hansen (2), Sørensen Aitken, McIlvenny, Amor (pen)	HL
	Britain reverted to an Anglo-Scottish eleven for the bronze medals play-off, but they were unable to secure the consolation prizes. The game was followed in the stadium by the final, watched by 60,000 people. Sweden won the gold medals.
1952 - Games of the XV Olympiad (Helsinki, Finland)
	The England manager was given responsibility for selecting the entire Great Britain squad, as well as the team for each game.
Olympic Trial
-	30 April 1952 - England B 3 Great Britain 0 [2-0] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (7,383) = (8)(2)(1)	Stubbs, Harmer (pen), French	AL
	This was a trial match for both of Walter Winterbottom's teams. The professional England B team included future PFA chairman and BBC TV presenter, Jimmy Hill. Seven of the English players in the British team made it to the Olympics, plus one of the Irishmen.
Friendlies
17	14 May 1952 - Germany 2 Great Britain 1 [1-0] Fortunaplatz am Flinger Broich, Düsseldorf (45,000) = (9)(2)	Zeitler (2) Slater	AL
	This was the first game played by the new West German amateur team, following the second world war. In the Olympics, however, they represented the whole of Germany. The scorer of Britain's consolation goal, twelve minutes from time, Bill Slater, went on to represent the full England team and won the Footballer of the Year award in 1960.
18	18 May 1952 - Germany 2 Great Britain 0 [1-0] Nürnbergerstadion, Nürnberg (25,000) = (9)(2)	Schröder, Zeitler	AL
	Held on the same day as England's 1-1 draw with Italy in Florence. Walter Winterbottom was responsible for two teams playing in different countries.
xSquad Members: 20 15 3 1 1		Manager: Walter Winterbottom Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Charlie Fuller (Bromley)
Preliminary Round
19	16 July 1952 - Luxembourg 5 Great Britain 3 [0-1] AET [1-1] Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti (3,656) = (10)(1)	Roller (3), Letsch, Gales Robb, Slater, Lewis	NL
	The only non-Englishman in the team, Tommy Stewart, had captained Scotland to victory against England, at Wembley, in March, alongside six of his Queen's Park team-mates. The club finished next to bottom of the Scottish League. Seven of the England side at Wembley played against Luxembourg. Hungary won the gold medals.
Friendlies
20	25 July 1952 - Great Britain 2 Greece 4 [1-2] Kaurialan kenttä, Hämeenlinna (4,000) = (7)(3)(1)	Grierson, Yenson Papageorgiou (3), Emmanouilidis	NL
	Great Britain had been eliminated from the Olympic tournament, before the opening ceremony. To reclaim some of the financial losses incurred by the Football Association, most of the team stayed in Finland and played a series of friendlies. Greece had been eliminated the day before Great Britain.
-	27 July 1952 - Kuupion Palloseura 0 Great Britain 6 [0-1] Kuopion keskuskenttä	Grierson (2), Slater (2), Pawson, Robb	AW
21	29 July 1952 - Norway 2 Great Britain 2 [2-0] Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (4,600)	Kristiansen, Jevne Noble (2)	AD
	The British team finally ended a run of six consecutive defeats against other countries, when they pulled back a two-goal deficit, with three minutes remaining, against Norway, who had also taken an early exit from the Olympic tournament.
-	1 August 1952 - Vaasa 3 Great Britain 4 [1-1] Hietalahden kenttä, Vaasa (4,449) = (8)(2)(1)	Wentjärv, Svahn, Martin Holmes (2), Robb, Slater	AW
1956 - Games of the XVI Olympiad (Melbourne, Australia)
	With the Scottish, Welsh and Irish associations showing little interest in helping to fund the squad's trip to Australia, the FA was left to use the England amateur team to represent Great Britain. The selection committee reclaimed the right to choose the squads and teams, with the manager allowed to pick the team when they were abroad. For the first time, Britain had to qualify for the tournament.
xSquad Members: 15 15		Manager: Norman Creek (team selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Bob Hardisty (Bishop Auckland)
Qualifying First Leg
22	23 October 1955 - Bulgaria 2 Great Britain 0 [1-0] Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia (45,000) = (11)	Stefanov, Yanev	AL
xSquad Members: 13 13		Manager: Norman Creek (team selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Tommy Farrer (Walthamstow Avenue)
Qualifying Second Leg
23	12 May 1956 - Great Britain 3 Bulgaria 3 [1-2] Bulgaria win 5-3 on aggregate Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (28,000) = (11)	Hardisty (2), Lewis (pen) Milanov Stoyanov, Prince OG, Dimitrov Nikolov	HD
	The selection committee made five changes from the first-leg line-up, seven months earlier. Despite Britain's elimination, they were invited to the final tournament after a spate of withdrawals, due to the cost of sending players to Melbourne. On June 4, the FA announced that they would accept and began to arrange a set of friendly fixtures for the England team (including three against First Division sides) in preparation for the long trip.
Olympic Trials
-	2 September 1956 - Copenhagen 5 Great Britain 1 [4-0] Københavns Idrætspark, København, Denmark (11,500) = (11)	Jacobsen (3), Nielsen, Lundberg Lewin	AL
	The home team was selected from all of the players at Copenhagen clubs. A similar side had represented the city in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the previous season.
-	26 September 1956 - Great Britain 1 Uganda 2 [1-0] Lynn Road, Ilford = (11)	Lewis Parma, Seruwagi	HL
	The barefooted African tourists caused a huge shock by defeating the England amateur team on their own patch. England took the lead in the first minute, but they were afraid to tackle their opponents on a dry pitch, ideally suited to the Ugandans, who would be affiliated to FIFA, three years later.
-	8 October 1956 - Luton Town 2 Great Britain 3 [0-0] Kenilworth Road Stadium, Luton = (11)	Gregory (2) Laybourne (3)	AW
	A much better performance from the England team, who recovered from two goals down, away to a strong First Division side, to score a late winner. Five days later, they defeated a representative side from the Isthmian and Athenian Leagues, 3-1, at Plough Lane, Wimbledon; Coates and Bromilow (2) got the goals.
-	22 October 1956 - Newcastle United 5 Great Britain 0 [3-0] St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (8,860) = (11+2 subs)	Curry (5)	AL
	The England defence was ripped apart by the accuracy of Bill Curry, who later played for the England Under-23 side. Five days later, the Olympic team beat a Combined Universities eleven, 4-1, at the Richmond Road Ground, Kingston upon Thames; Lewis (2), Hardisty and Dodkins all scored before the interval.
-	5 November 1956 - Arsenal 3 Great Britain 2 [2-2] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (4,154) = (11+1 sub)	Tapscott (2), Holton Lewis, Wills OG	AL
	An encouraging display from the Olympic side, who took a two-goal lead in their last game before departing for Melbourne.
xSquad Members: 16 16		Manager: Norman Creek (squad selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Bob Hardisty (Bishop Auckland)
Friendly
24	19 November 1956 - Australia 1 Great Britain 3 [0-2] Campbell Reserve, City of Coburg = (11+3 subs)	Beattie Hardisty, Lewis, Lewin	AW
First Round
25	26 November 1956 - Great Britain 9 Thailand 0 [4-0] Olympic Park Stadium (3,693) = (11)	Twissell (2), Lewis (pen), Laybourne (3), Bromilow (2), Topp	NW
	Bob Hardisty picked up a groin strain and was replaced as captain for the quarter-final by Tommy Farrer of Walthamstow Avenue.
Quarter-Final
26	30 November 1956 - Bulgaria 6 Great Britain 1 [3-1] Olympic Park Stadium (6,748) = (11)	Dimitrov Nikolov, Kolev (2), Milanov Stoyanov (3) Lewis	NL
	Bulgaria knocked the England team out of the competition for the second time. USSR won the gold medals. The British Olympic squad took in a brief tour of south-east Asia on the way home.
Friendlies
27	10 December 1956 - Singapore 0 Great Britain 4 [0-2] Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang (6,500) = (11)	Hardisty, Lewis (2), Lewin	AW
28	13 December 1956 - Malaya 2 Great Britain 6 [2-5] Princes Road Stadium, Kuala Lumpur (9,000) = (11)	Wai Kin, Siang Hock Coates (3), Hardisty (2), Bromilow	AW
29	16 December 1956 - Burma 0 Great Britain 2 [0-1] Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon (20,000) = (11)	Bromilow, Coates	AW
1960 - Games of the XVII Olympiad (Rome, Italy)
	The other home nations rejoined England in qualification, to create a United Kingdom side once more, though no Welsh players made it to Italy. This was to be the last amateur Great Britain team to qualify for the Olympic Games.
Olympic Trials
-	10 October 1959 - Great Britain 7 British Caribbean 2 [3-1] Portman Road Stadium, Ipswich = (5)(3)(2)(1) 2 reserves (1 English, 1 Welsh)	R.Brown (2), McIntosh, Kane (3), Ward Parker (2)	HW
	The visiting tourists were selected from the British Caribbean territories of Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Peter Kane, who scored a hat-trick in the second half, turned professional at the end of the month, by joining Northampton Town of the Fourth Division, thus ruling himself out of selection for the Olympic fixtures. Thanks to Rob Dale for finding the missing scorer (McIntosh).
-	19 October 1959 - Burnley 5 Great Britain 0 [1-0] Turf Moor, Burnley (5,935) = (6)(3)(1)(1) 3 reserves (2 Scottish, 1 Welsh)	McIlroy (2,1 pen), Connelly (2), White	AL
	A harsh lesson for the Olympic hopefuls, although Burnley finished the season as Football League Champions. Britain's reserve goalkeeper was Bob Wilson, then still a schoolboy, who went on to win the League and FA Cup double with Arsenal, in 1971.
-	16 November 1959 - Chelsea 4 Great Britain 1 [3-0] Stamford Bridge, Fulham, London (5,000) = (7+1 sub)(2)(2)(1 sub) 5 reserves (4 English, 1 Welsh)	Bridges, Gibbs (2), Greaves P.Neil	AL
	The 19-year-old Chelsea goalscorer, Jimmy Greaves, was already a full England international, whilst their 18-year-old goalkeeper making his debut was Peter Bonetti, who played for England in the 1970 World Cup.
xSquad Members: 15 9 2 2 2		Manager: Norman Creek (team selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Alf D'Arcy (Barnet)
European Qualifying Group Five
30	21 November 1959 - Great Britain 3 Republic of Ireland 2 [2-0] Goldstone Ground, Hove (7,800) = (8)(1)(1)(1)	Hasty (3) Aherne, Rice	HW
	Irishman, Paddy Hasty gave Britain the lead with the first of his hat-trick, before their opponents had even touched the ball, but they had to rely on a late winner, after the Republic had pulled back from a two-goal deficit. Every country in the British Isles was represented on the field of play, a rare occurrence.
Olympic Trials
-	25 January 1960 - Arsenal 4 Great Britain 0 [2-0] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London = (8+2 subs)(2+1 sub)(1) 4 reserves (3 English, 1 Welsh)	Julians, Barnwell (2), Nutt	AL
-	8 February 1960 - West Ham United 5 Great Britain 2 [1-1] Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London (4,854) = (8+1 sub)(2)(1) 6 English reserves	Bond (3), Scott, Musgrove R.Brown (2)	AL
	An 18-year-old future England captain, called Bobby Moore, was in the West Ham defence.
-	22 February 1960 - Northampton Town 2 Great Britain 2 [0-2] British Timken Sports Ground, Northampton = (10)(1) 4 reserves (3 English, 1 Irish)	Tebbutt, Kane Ward, Harding	AD
	The British team, (or, more accurately, England, plus Irish striker, Hubert Barr) including the 17-year-old, future England coach, Terry Venables, raced into a two-goal lead in the first fifteen minutes. The Fourth Division side equalised through Peter Kane, who had begun the season as a British Olympic triallist, before turning professional.
xSquad Members: 14 (Republic of Ireland) 11 2 1 Squad Members: 16 (Netherlands) 11 3 2		Manager: Norman Creek (teams selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Mike Greenwood (Bishop Auckland)
European Qualifying Group Five
31	13 March 1960 - Republic of Ireland 1 Great Britain 3 [0-0] Dalymount Park, Dublin (19,000) = (10)(1)	McGrath Coates, R.Brown, Harding	AW
	Five changes from the meeting, three months earlier, produced an all-English team, but for Scottish full-back, Davie Holt, that ended the challenge of their near-neighbours.
32	2 April 1960 - Netherlands 1 Great Britain 5 [0-1] Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle (9,000) = (9)(1)(1)	Hainje Lewis (3,1 pen), Lindsay, R.Brown	AW
	A convincing display from the British side took them through to the Olympic tournament, with a game to spare.
xSquad Members: 13 11 1 1		Manager: Norman Creek (team selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Alf D'Arcy (Barnet)
33	13 April 1960 - Great Britain 2 Netherlands 2 [1-0] White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London (3,950) = (9)(1)(1)	R.Brown, Lewis de Kleermaeker, Bouwman	HD
	For the third time that season, the British side let slip a two-goal lead. Great Britain won Group Five with seven points. The Republic of Ireland were runners-up with three points.
Friendly
34	14 May 1960 - Italy (Under-23) 5 Great Britain 1 [3-1] Stadio Mario Rigamonti, Brescia (3,000) = (8)(2)(1+1 sub) 2 reserves (1 Irish, 1 Scottish)	Bettini (2), Ferrario (2), Bulgarelli Howard	AL
	The British squad contained three Irishmen for the first time, but they were well beaten by the heat and their younger opponents.
Olympic Trial
-	13 August 1960 - Great Britain 2 Watford 1 [0-1] RAF Uxbridge, Hillingdon, London = (7+4 subs)(3+1 sub)(1+2 subs)	Devine, L.Brown (pen) Holton	HW
	The entire Olympic squad got a run-out (apart from Jim Lewis, who was on holiday) and their extra training at the Royal Air Force base came into its own as they came from behind on their new home ground, to beat the newly-promoted Third Division side with a last-minute winner. It was the ideal send-off for the difficult tasks that they would face in Italy.
xSquad Members: 19 12 4 3		Manager: Norman Creek (squad selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Laurie Brown (Bishop Auckland)
Group Two
35	26 August 1960 - Brazil 4 Great Britain 3 [1-1] Stadio di Ardenza, Livorno (13,590) = (7)(3)(1)	Gérson, China (2), Wanderley R.Brown (2), Lewis	NL
	With Britain leading 2-1, after 56 minutes, England full-back, Tommy Thompson was stretchered off with a broken right leg. The under-23 Brazilian side capitalised on their numerical advantage and took the points.
36	29 August 1960 - Italy 2 Great Britain 2 [1-1] Stadio Flaminio (19,431) = (6)(4)(1)	Rossano (2) R.Brown, Hasty	AD
	A brave performance from the Brits in front of a vociferous Roman crowd, against another under-23 side, but the draw extinguished their hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
37	1 September 1960 - Great Britain 3 Formosa 2 [1-0] Stadio Olimpico Comunale, Grosseto (779) = (7)(2)(2)	R.Brown (2), Hasty Mok (2)	NW
	Britain made hard work of beating their Taiwanese opponents on, what was to be, the last ever appearance by a British amateur side at the Olympic Games. Great Britain finished 3rd with three points in Group Two. Italy qualified for the semi-finals with five points. Yugoslavia won the gold medals.
1964 - Games of the XVIII Olympiad (Tokyo, Japan)
	Britain had a new manager after the first round of qualification fixtures, but they failed to make it to Japan.
Olympic Trial
-	17 August 1963 - Queen's Park Rangers 1 Great Britain 1 [1-1] Loftus Road Stadium, Shepherd's Bush, London = (11)	Bedford Townsend	AD
	Flushed with the comparative success achieved by the previous Olympic squad after regular training sessions together, Norman Creek found it easier to get his southern-based English players to London. He was heavily biased towards them in his last games before retirement, strongly influencing the selection of the British squad, and it was the England amateur team that took part in the pre-season trial match against the Third Division side.
xSquad Members: 15 (First Leg) 12 2 1 Squad Members: 14 (Second Leg) 12 1 1		Manager: Norman Creek (team selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: John Martin (Wimbledon)
Preliminary Qualifying Round First Leg
38	7 September 1963 - Iceland 0 Great Britain 6 [0-4] Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik (7,755) = (10)(1)	Harvey, B.Martin (2), Lindsay (2), Candey	AW
	Scottish full-back, Billy Neil was the only non-Englishman in both legs of the preliminary round.
Preliminary Qualifying Round Second Leg
39	14 September 1963 - Great Britain 4 Iceland 0 [2-0] Great Britain win 10-0 on aggregate Plough Lane, Wimbledon, London (3,500) = (10)(1)	Lawrence (3,1 pen), Harvey	HW
	Wimbledon striker, Brian Martin, playing on his home ground, was carried off with a broken right leg after ten minutes. Ten minutes later, the home side were reduced to nine men, when John Ashworth suffered a head wound, although he returned for the first twenty minutes of the second half, before retiring. Britain were still comfortable winners in Norman Creek's last match as manager.
Olympic Trials
-	16 December 1963 - Chelsea 3 Great Britain 3 [1-0] Stamford Bridge, Fulham, London = (5)(4+1 sub)(2) 4 reserves (3 English, 1 Irish)	Mulholland (3) Harvey (pen), Reynolds, O'Neill	AD
	The English players were, for the first time, outnumbered by the rest (until the substitution was made). It was a fine performance, as well, with Britain coming back from two goals down and then coming back again to equalise, with two minutes left. There were no Scottish players present, as Scotland had been playing in the Kenyan Independence Tournament.
-	20 January 1964 - Chelsea 1 Great Britain 1 [0-0] Stamford Bridge, Fulham, London (1,151) = (3+1 sub)(3)(3)(2)	Howarth Buchanan	AD
	In the absence of John Martin, Billy Neil, of Scotland, captained a uniquely United Kingdom side, as they again resisted the high-flying First Division team on their own ground. Chelsea manager, Tommy Docherty came out of retirement to play.
-	27 January 1964 - Aston Villa 2 Great Britain 2 [1-0] Villa Park, Birmingham = (8+2 subs)(3)(1 sub)	Trevis (2) Lawrence (2)	AD
	Britain were, again, deprived of their Scottish players, due to a Queen's Park Scottish Cup replay, but they still stretched their unbeaten run in the British Isles to nine games, thanks to another dramatic recovery. Both of their goals were scored in the last four minutes, when, at two goals down, all seemed lost.
-	3 February 1964 - Manchester United 4 Great Britain 0 [2-0] Old Trafford, Manchester (6,000) = (8)(3+2 subs)(1 sub)(1 sub)	Mitten (2), Kinsey, Sadler	AL
	The run, predictably, came to an end against United's young reserve side, with experienced Northern Ireland international, Harry Gregg in goal.
xSquad Members: 15 8 3 3 1		Manager: Charlie Hughes (team selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: John Martin (Wimbledon)
First Qualifying Round First Leg
40	12 February 1964 - Great Britain 2 Greece 1 [2-0] Stamford Bridge, Fulham, London (4,175) = (6)(3)(2)	Lawrence, Buchanan Papaioannou	HW
	Greek centre half, Zanteroglou broke his collarbone, with fifteen minutes left, leaving the under-23 side to hang on with ten men.
Olympic Trials
-	24 February 1964 - Tottenham Hotspur 1 Great Britain 0 [1-0] White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London (3,000) = (9)(1)(1)	Saul (pen)	AL
-	2 March 1964 - Coventry City 0 Great Britain 1 [0-0] Highfield Road Stadium, Coventry (4,827) = (8+1 sub)(2)(1)(1 sub)	Quail	AW
	In the process of laying on the only goal against a team that was about to win the Third Division Championship, Tommy Lawrence sustained a fractured skull and was carried off. Great Britain had already used their outfield substitute, so, with twenty minutes left, the substitute goalkeeper, Derek Griffin, had to go on in his place. Billy Neil was captain again, but he was to miss the return leg in Greece, due to injury.
xSquad Members: 15 9 4 1 1		Manager: Charlie Hughes (team selected by FA committee) Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: John Martin (Wimbledon)
First Qualifying Round Second Leg
41	8 April 1964 - Greece 4 Great Britain 1 [1-0] Greece win 5-3 on aggregate Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Athens (16,000) = (7+1 sub)(3)(1)	Mavridis, Papaioannou (2), Papazoglou (pen) Buchanan	AL
	Skevofilax missed a first-half penalty for Greece, but they did not clinch victory until the last eight minutes, when they scored twice. Four days later, the Greek Olympic Committee withdrew their team from the competition, after it transpired that the side that had eliminated Great Britain (with five changes from the first leg) had included professional players. Great Britain declined to take the Greeks' place in the next round. Hungary won the gold medals.
1968 - Games of the XIX Olympiad (Mexico City)
	Irish and Welsh players were discarded, whilst at one stage, the Scots were also excluded, but ultimately, it was another unsuccessful qualifying campaign.
Queen's Park Football Club Centenary Match
-	4 August 1967 - Queen's Park 0 Great Britain 0 [0-0] Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow = (9)(2)		AD
	It was a 'British Amateur Select' that took on the oldest club in Scotland. Five members of the Scottish Second Division side then joined the British team on tour, whilst the two Irish players returned to their clubs.
Friendlies
42	8 August 1967 - Sweden (Under-23) 0 Great Britain 1 [0-0] Nya Ullevi Stadion, Heden, Göteborg (15,000) = (7)(4)	Pritchard	AW
43	11 August 1967 - Republic of Ireland 0 Great Britain 2 [0-1] Dalymount Park, Dublin (2,000) = (8)(3)	Townsend (2)	AW
44	15 August 1967 - Iceland 0 Great Britain 3 [0-1] Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik (3,476)	Jonsson OG, Haider, Stefnasson OG	AW
	What was, originally, intended to be an England amateur tour, became a successful British Olympic tour as three wins were recorded with no goals conceded.
Olympic Trials
-	4 September 1967 - Chelsea 0 Great Britain 1 [0-1] Stamford Bridge, Fulham, London = (10)(1)	Gray	AW
	The British team's fifth successive clean sheet brought them a prestigious victory against a First Division top-six side which included England international, Bobby Tambling and Scotland's Eddie McCreadie.
-	11 September 1967 - Charlton Athletic 1 Great Britain 1 [0-0] The Valley, Charlton, London = (8+2 subs)(3)	Stenson Gray	AD
	A creditable draw on the ground of the Second Division team.
-	9 October 1967 - Celtic 4 Great Britain 0 (2-0] Lesser Hampden, Mount Florida, Glasgow = (8+2 subs)(3+1 sub)	Quinn (2), McMahon, Connolly (pen)	AL
	The Anglo-Scottish side was no match for the European Champions' reserve team, two of whom (David Hay and Lou Macari) went on to play for Scotland in the World Cup.
-	16 October 1967 - Watford 3 Great Britain 2 [0-0] Vicarage Road, Watford (1,270) = (9+2 subs)(2+3 subs)	Lawton (2), Garbett Andrews, Hopper	AL
	Two of the five half-time substitutes gave Britain a two-goal lead, but they were eventually beaten by the Third Division side. A 17-year-old Tony Currie came on at half-time for Watford.
xSquad Members: 13 13		Manager: Charlie Hughes Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Ted Powell (Sutton United)
Second Qualifying Round First Leg
45	25 October 1967 - West Germany 0 Great Britain 2 [0-1] Rosenaustadion, Augsburg (8,000) = (11)	Hogwood, Pritchard	AW
	The refusal of Queen's Park to release three players before their Saturday fixture, caused Charlie Hughes to ignore them for the qualifier and it was England who went to Germany and won, despite only having ten fit outfield players. As it turned out, the Germans ended up with only eight fit outfield players, after Bergfelder went off with concussion when they had already used their substitute and one of their strikers, Faltermeier played on with a leg injury. The visitors even missed a penalty in the 73rd minute, when Schulte saved from Dave Andrews, three minutes before Larry Pritchard's clincher.
Second Qualifying Round First Leg
46	8 November 1967 - Great Britain 0 West Germany 1 [0-1] Great Britain win 2-1 on aggregate Claremont Road, Hendon, London (4,002) = (11+1 sub)	Keifler	HL
	Hughes again left out the Scots, and opted for an Isthmian League eleven that just had enough to hold on to the first-leg lead against a team led by Udo Lattek, who became the only coach to win each of the three major European trophies with a different club.
Olympic Trials
-	29 January 1968 - Oxford United 1 Great Britain 0 [0-0] Manor Ground, Headington, Oxford = (11+2 subs)	G.Atkinson	AL
	Another all-English side fell to a brilliant solo effort from Graham, the lesser-known of the Atkinson brothers. His elder sibling, 'Big Ron' (who was also in the side) captained the club to the Third Division Championship that season and went on to manage multiple cup-winning teams at Manchester United, Sheffied Wednesday and Aston Villa.
-	12 February 1968 - Watford 0 Great Britain 1 [0-0] Vicarage Road, Watford = (8)(3)	Gray	AW
	Scottish players were welcomed back into the fold, for the first time since the previous visit to Watford, four months earlier. This time, the Anglo-Scottish team managed to hold on to their lead.
-	26 February 1968 - Charlton Athletic 3 Great Britain 2 [2-2] The Valley, Charlton, London (1,552) = (10+1 sub)(1)	Tees, Stenson, Gregory Greene (2)	AL
	A sterling performance, with Peter Greene scoring two first-half goals, before the Second Division side finally ran out winners.
Friendly
47	8 March 1968 - Great Britain 6 Republic of Ireland 0 [1-0] Vicarage Road, Watford (1,564) = (10+2 subs)(1)	Greene (3), Pritchard (3)	HW
Olympic Trial
-	18 March 1968 - Arsenal 0 Great Britain 3 [0-2] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London = (9+2 subs)(2)	Greene (2), Davidson OG	AW
	Great Britain's biggest ever victory against a First Division side, with Peter Greene notching his seventh goal in three games, was the ideal boost before the difficult trip to Spain.
xSquad Members: 16 (First Leg) 14 2 Squad Members: 18 (Second Leg) 16 2		Manager: Charlie Hughes Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Ted Powell (Sutton United)
Third Qualifying Round First Leg
48	27 March 1968 - Spain 1 Great Britain 0 [1-0] Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell (20,000) = (9)(2)	Ortega	AL
	Partick Thistle and Scotland's George Cumming was sent off in the 63rd minute in a physical game settled by a seventh-minute winner. The hosts included Juan Asensi, who went on to win 41 full international caps for Spain and scored for them at the 1978 World Cup.
Third Qualifying Round Second Leg
49	10 April 1968 - Great Britain 0 Spain 0 [0-0] Spain win 1-0 on aggregate White City Stadium, Shepherd's Bush, London (2,300) = (9+2 subs)(2)		HD
	Britain returned to the scene of their gold medal success of sixty years earlier, but they were unable to break down their opponents and exited the competition. Hungary won the gold medals.
1972 - Games of the XX Olympiad (Munich, West Germany)
	The final Olympic competition entered by Britain's amateurs produced one moment of glory, but only one Scotsman managed to break into the, otherwise, English side.
Olympic Trials
-	9 November 1970 - Oxford United 0 Great Britain 1 [0-0] Manor Ground, Headington, Oxford (1,600) = (9+1 sub)(2+1 sub)	Pritchard	AW
	For the first time in ten years, three Welsh players featured as the new wave of Olympic hopefuls began with a successful trip to Second Division opponents.
-	23 November 1970 - Watford 2 Great Britain 4 [0-2] Vicarage Road, Watford (1,999) = (9+1 sub)(1)(1)	Packer (pen), Scullion Gray (2), Powell, Hunter	AW
	An emphatic victory away to another Second Division side.
-	14 December 1970 - Derby County 0 Great Britain 1 [0-0] The Baseball Ground, Derby = (11+1 sub)	Gray	AW
	A full-English eleven continued the good form by going to First Division, Derby and winning with yet another Ken Gray decider.
-	11 January 1971 - Reading 0 Great Britain 2 [0-1] Elm Park, Reading (1,070) = (10+1 sub)(1)	Clements (2)	AW
	Welshman, Allan Phillips joined the side as they stretched the winning run to four games, against a team heading for relegation to the Fourth Division.
-	25 January 1971 - Northern Ireland 3 Great Britain 3 [1-2] Windsor Park, Belfast = (11+1 sub)(1 sub)	Mullan (pen), Dickson (2) Pritchard, Delaney, Gray	AD
	An all-English eleven took on a mostly-amateur Irish FA side selected entirely from the Irish League, though four were full internationals, including Bryan Hamilton, who went on to win fifty caps and also managed his country. Phillips came on as a substitute for the visitors.
-	8 February 1971 - Preston North End 0 Great Britain 0 [0-0] Deepdale Stadium, Preston (4,800) = (9+3 sub)(1)(1)		AD
	Preston went on to win the Third Division Championship.
-	22 February 1971 - Southampton 0 Great Britain 4 [0-2] The Dell, Southampton = (10+1 sub)(1)	Adams, Haider (2), Phillips	AW
	The trials were proving very successful as another leading First Division club was outplayed on their own ground. Britain's squad of 18 contained a single (English-based) Welshman and 17 English players.
-	15 March 1971 - Sheffield Wednesday 3 Great Britain 1 [0-0] Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield = (10+2 sub)(1)	Prendergast, Pugh, Prudham Haider	AL
	The Second Division side ended the run of ten games unbeaten on British soil, in the last trial match before the big qualifier at Wembley.
xSquad Members: 16 14 1 1		Manager: Charlie Hughes Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Ted Powell (Wycombe Wanderers)
First Qualifying Round First Leg
50	24 March 1971 - Great Britain 1 Bulgaria 0 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley, London (2,200) = (10+1 sub)(1)	Adams	HW
	The home side took great confidence from their recent run of five victories away to Football League clubs, with England also about to clinch their third successive British Championship title, but very few expected a team of English amateurs (plus Scottish defender, Bill Currie) to defeat a side containing eight players that had appeared in the previous year's World Cup.
Olympic Trials
-	19 April 1971 - Sunderland 3 Great Britain 2 [2-0] Roker Park, Sunderland (1,312) = (9+3 subs)(1)(1)	Lowrey, Lathan, Porterfield Adams, Day (pen)	AL
	The Second Division side fielded six of the side that was to win the FA Cup, two years later, including future England internationals, Dennis Tueart and Dave Watson, but the Olympic hopefuls pulled back a two-goal deficit, before losing to Ian Porterfield's winner, three minutes from time.
-	26 April 1971 - Motherwell 0 Great Britain 1 [0-0] Fir Park Stadium, Motherwell = (11+1 sub)(2 sub)(1 sub)	Clements	AW
	What was, to be, the very last Olympic trial match, saw Britain beat a Scottish First Division side, with Paul Clements not knowing at the time that he'd scored the last ever goal for Great Britain's amateur team.
xSquad Members: 16 15 1		Manager: Charlie Hughes Trainer: Jack Jennings Captain: Ted Powell (Wycombe Wanderers)
First Qualifying Round Second Leg
51	5 May 1971 - Bulgaria 5 Great Britain 0 [2-0] Bulgaria win 5-1 on aggregate Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia (30,000) = (11+2 subs)	Zhekov (2), Mihailov, Vassilev, Mitkov (pen)	AL
	The story of Great Britain's amateur team ended as it had begun, 63 years earlier; with an all-English team, though there was an unused Welsh goalkeeper (Grenville Millington) on the substitutes' bench. Their opponents were professional in all but their official status and overwhelmed the plucky Englishmen. Poland won the gold medals.
1976 - 2012
	The FA ended the distinction between professional and amateur status in 1974. So, without an amateur national team, they could no longer enter the football tournament of the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee attempted to restrict the obviously 'professional' players from eastern Europe in 1984 by banning players that had previously played in World Cup qualification matches. In 1992, the football tournament became restricted to under-23 teams, regardless of status; a rule that ultimately led to the re-entry of the Great Britain team, when London hosted the Games of the XXX Olympiad in 2012. This was the first professional British team to take part in the Games.

The stories behind each of the games, including interviews with ex-players, plus the team line-ups for all of the Olympic fixtures and squad listings for the Olympic Games can be found in Steve Menary's 'GB United? - British Olympic football and the end of the amateur dream', without which this page would not have been possible.

If you can fill in any of the gaps on this page, please get in touch.

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