Great Britain national cerebral palsy football team
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Great Britain national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Great Britain that represents the team in international competitions, but primarily the Paralympic Games. They compete at the 1984, 1992, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. Their best performance was in 1984 when they won the bronze medal.

Players

There have been a number of players for the British squad.

Name Number Classification Position Years active Ref
Michael Barker 7 FT7, FT8 Forward 2010, 2012 [1][2]
Josh Beacham 3, 12 FT7 Defender 2010, 2012 [1][2]
Dean Cartwright 9 FT6 2010 [2]
Craig Connell 1 FT7 Goalkeeper 2012 [1]
Ibrahima Diallo 11 FT8 Midfielder 2012 [1]
Matt Dimbylow 4 FT8 Defender 2010, 2012 [1][2]
Matt Ellis 6 FT7 2010 [2]
Richard Fox 11 FT7 2010 [2]
Blair Glynn 2 FT7 Defender 2012 [1]
George Fletcher 9 FT5 Defender 2012 [1]
Alistair-Patrick Heselton 6 FT8 Midfielder/Forward 2012 [1]
Graham Leclerc 10 FT7 2010 [2]
Jonathan Paterson 10 FT7 Midfielder 2012 [1]
Jordan Raynes 1 FT5 2010 [2]
James Richmond 5 FT7 Midfielder 2012 [1]
Martin Sinclair 8 FT7 Midfielder 2010, 2012 [1][2]
Billy Thompson 13 FT5 Goalkeeper 2012 [1]
Karl Townhend 5, 13 FT7 2010 [2]
Sam Whately 2 FT7 2010 [2]
Michael Wilson 3 FT7 2010 [2]

Coaches

In 2011 and 2012, the team was coached by Lyndon Lynch.[3][4]

Results

British players watch a match at the 2016 Salou tournament.

Great Britain has participated in a number of international tournaments. At the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May 2012, Great Britain met Brazil in the finals after defeating Ireland 7–3 in the semi-final.[5] Great Britain finished third at the 2016 Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain after losing to the Netherlands 3 - 2 in the bronze medal game.[6]

Competition Location Year Total Teams Result Ref
Pre-Paralympic Tournament Salou, Spain 2016 4 [6]
British Paralympic World Cup Nottingham, England 2012 12 [7]
2012 Paralympic World Cup London, England 2012 4 [8]
Forvard International Tournament Sochi, Russia 2012 5 [9]
Nottingham British Paralympic World Cup Nottingham, England 2010 4 3 [10]

Paralympic Games

Great Britain has participated in 7-a-side football at the Paralympic Games.[11]

2016 Summer Paralympics

Main articles: Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain secured qualification for Rio by finishing fifth at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships.[12][13]

The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. Great Britain was put into Group A with Ukraine, Brazil and Ireland.[14] The tournament where the draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating.[15] Great Britain finished fourth, after losing 2 - 3 to the Netherlands in the 3rd place match.[16]

Going into the Rio Games, England was ranked seventh in the world, while Scotland was ninth, Northern Ireland was thirteenth and Wales was unranked. No Great Britain team was ranked.[17] On 13 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the selection of the fourteen members of the British 7-a-side squad.[18] The team includes several players from Scotland. These are FT7 classified players Martin Hickman, Jonathan Paterson and David Porcher.[19]

Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Semi finals
2  Brazil (H) 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3 5th–6th place match
4  Ireland 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0 7th–8th place match
Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

Paralympic Results

Games Results Ref
2012 Summer Paralympics 8 [11]
2008 Summer Paralympics 7 [11]
1992 Summer Paralympics 4 [11]
1984 Summer Paralympics 3 [11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Match Sheet - GBR v BRA" (PDF). CPISRA. 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "GB V USA Bronze Medal Game May 29th". CPISRA. 2010. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  3. ^ "Teacher eyes more England football success". 10 March 2011.
  4. ^ Kessel, Anna (September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Skilful Brazilians too strong for GB's footballers". The Observer.
  5. ^ "Ireland face US for bronze medal". Belfasttelegraph.
  6. ^ a b "IFCPF Newsletter" (PDF). CP Football. June 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  7. ^ "2012 Nottingham British Paralympic World Cup | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  8. ^ "2012 Paralympic World Cup | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  9. ^ "Forvard International Tournament 2012 Sochi". CPISRA. 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "2010 Nottingham British Paralympic World Cup | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Paralympic Games - CP Football". CP Football. IFCPF. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  12. ^ "Only one place left in Rio 2016's Paralympic football 7-a-side competition". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Paralympic Qualification Update". IFCPF. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Football 7-a-side Paralympic Draw complete for Rio 2016". IFCPF. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Rankings". IFCPF. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Netherlands - Great Britain". IFCPF. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Rankings". IFCPF. 2015. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  18. ^ "ParalympicsGB select 14 footballers to take on the world in Brazil". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Football 7-a-side". 2016-08-17. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
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