Great Britain national cerebral palsy football team explained

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.

NameNumberClassificationPositionYears activeRef
Michael Barker7FT7, FT8Forward2010, 2012[1]
Josh Beacham3, 12FT7Defender2010, 2012
Dean Cartwright9FT62010
Craig Connell1FT7Goalkeeper2012[2]
Ibrahima Diallo11FT8Midfielder2012
Matt Dimbylow4FT8Defender2010, 2012
Matt Ellis6FT72010
Richard Fox11FT72010
Blair Glynn2FT7Defender2012
George Fletcher9FT5Defender2012
Alistair-Patrick Heselton6FT8Midfielder/Forward2012
Graham Leclerc10FT72010
Jonathan Paterson10FT7Midfielder2012
Jordan Raynes1FT52010
James Richmond5FT7Midfielder2012
Martin Sinclair8FT7Midfielder2010, 2012
Billy Thompson13FT5Goalkeeper2012
Karl Townhend5, 13FT72010
Sam Whately2FT72010
Michael Wilson3FT72010

Coaches

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

Results

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]

CompetitionLocationYearTotal TeamsResultRef
Pre-Paralympic TournamentSalou, Spain20164
British Paralympic World CupNottingham, England201212[7]
2012 Paralympic World CupLondon, England20124[8]
Forvard International TournamentSochi, Russia20125[9]
Nottingham British Paralympic World CupNottingham, England201043[10]

Paralympic Games

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

2016 Summer Paralympics

See main article: 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

Paralympic Results

GamesResultsRef
2012 Summer Paralympics8
2008 Summer Paralympics7
1992 Summer Paralympics4
1984 Summer Paralympics3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GB V USA Bronze Medal Game May 29th. 2010. CPISRA. August 26, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914091540/http://cpisra.org/dir/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GB-V-USA-Bronze-Medal-Game-May-29th.doc. September 14, 2016.
  2. Web site: Match Sheet - GBR v BRA. 2012. CPISRA. August 25, 2016.
  3. Web site: Teacher eyes more England football success. 10 March 2011 .
  4. News: Paralympics 2012: Skilful Brazilians too strong for GB's footballers. The Observer . September 2012 . Kessel . Anna .
  5. News: Ireland face US for bronze medal. Belfasttelegraph.
  6. Web site: IFCPF Newsletter. June 2016. CP Football. August 28, 2016.
  7. Web site: 2012 Nottingham British Paralympic World Cup CPISRA. cpisra.org. 2016-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017023647/http://cpisra.org/dir/2012-nottingham-british-paralympic-world-cup/. 2015-10-17. dead.
  8. Web site: 2012 Paralympic World Cup CPISRA. cpisra.org. 2016-08-25. 2015-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017024338/http://cpisra.org/dir/2012-london-paralympic-games-match-reports/. dead.
  9. Web site: Forvard International Tournament 2012 Sochi. 2012. CPISRA. August 26, 2016.
  10. Web site: 2010 Nottingham British Paralympic World Cup CPISRA. cpisra.org. 2016-08-26.
  11. Web site: Paralympic Games - CP Football. CP Football. IFCPF. August 25, 2016.
  12. Web site: Only one place left in Rio 2016's Paralympic football 7-a-side competition . Rio 2016 . 30 June 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307232748/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/news/only-one-place-left-in-rio-2016-s-paralympic-football-7-a-side-competition . 7 March 2016 .
  13. Web site: Paralympic Qualification Update. 7 July 2015. IFCPF. 26 December 2015.
  14. Web site: Football 7-a-side Paralympic Draw complete for Rio 2016. 10 May 2016. IFCPF. 15 May 2016.
  15. Web site: Rankings. IFCPF. 15 May 2016. 10 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160510134713/http://www.ifcpf.com/tournaments/international-tournament-schedule. dead.
  16. Web site: Netherlands - Great Britain. IFCPF. 15 May 2016.
  17. Web site: Rankings. 2015. IFCPF. 15 May 2016. 26 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150726005409/http://www.ifcpf.com/ranking. dead.
  18. Web site: ParalympicsGB select 14 footballers to take on the world in Brazil. British Paralympic Association. 13 June 2016.
  19. Web site: Football 7-a-side. 2016-08-17. en-GB. 2016-08-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919041748/http://www.scottishdisabilitysport.com/event/football-7-a-side/2016-09-08/. 2016-09-19.