one thing for came along in ninety nine for england scotland ireland and wales i ve only been playing each other in told him and for twenty years they were deemed far too well established to combine over the next one hundred and fourteen years these four proud footballing nations won one world cup between them is not very good but there have been times that great britain has played together nine hundred forty seven is match of the century for example a british eleven featuring stanley matthews against the european eleven game mark twenty seven years and two world wars since the four nations were part of fee for the game ended six one to britain we must be good together at the olympic games in twenty twelve in london a great british team competed for the first time in more than fifty years for a gold medal the team was kept in by walsh when rowing giggs and the squad featured daniel sturridge craig bellamy and the welsh himself but the team didn t feature any score or northern irishman