V ARYING degrees of enthusiasm could be discerned across the country yesterday as Team GB discovered their group rivals in this summer's Olympic football competition.
V ARYING degrees of enthusiasm could be discerned across the country yesterday as Team GB discovered their group rivals in this summer's Olympic football competition.
Barry Bannan is one of around a dozen Scots hoping to make the final cut. Picture: SNS
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Stewart Fisher
But Barry Bannan and Kim Little were just two young Scots inclined to view the competition as an opportunity rather than a political minefield.
Although he would be reluctant to jeopardise his Scotland future in the process, Aston Villa midfielder Bannan, who is one of around a dozen Scots included on Stuart Pearce's 80-man long list for the event, told Herald Sport he would quite happily share a platform with the likes of Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey should he make the final cut of the best young players these islands have to offer as they take on Senegal, UAE and Uruguay.
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