The British Football Associations(England,Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland)were founded as independent organizations between 1863 and 1880,16 years before the first Olympic Games. The Olympic Committee banned professional athletes from the games in 1972 and had to disband the team. The British team had not been successful at the Olympics for a long time,and the emerging contradictions among the associations took place more and more. It was politically decided to present one team from each country in order to increase the chances of winning,to increase the prestige of the association and to eliminate the controversy.