The United Kingdom (or 'Team GB', as we're supposedly meant to call them, 'Team Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and UK Overseas Territories' apparently being too much of a mouthful) have not entered a men's team to this year's Olympics. A women's team was entered, represented in qualifying by the Lionesses, but fell agonisingly short of earning a shot at going to the finals.
The four constituent countries of the UK did not come to an agreement on the men, however. Apart from in 2012 - when London hosted the Olympics and it seemed a shame not to take part - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have historically concerns about the precedent it might set for non-Olympic football and their continued ability to remain separate nations.
