Great Britain and Northern Ireland national field hockey team
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The Great Britain national field hockey team represents the United Kingdom in Olympic field hockey
tournaments. They won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
in Seoul
.
In all other competitions, including the Hockey World Cup
and the Commonwealth Games
, the four home nations
compete in their own right: England
, Ireland
(includes both the Republic
and Northern Ireland
), Scotland
and Wales.
The team was established in 1920 as Great Britain and Ireland, prior to the independence of most of Ireland as the Irish Free State
. They only played one tournament under that name: the 1920 Summer Olympics
in Antwerp, Belgium
, when they won the gold medal. Prior to 1920 there was only one field hockey tournament at the Olympics, in 1908
, when England
won the gold, Ireland
the silver, and Scotland
and Wales
the bronze medals.
tournaments
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
tournaments. They won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics
-Pool A:---------------------------------------------------------Pool B:-------------------------------------------------------------Ninth to twelfth place play-offs:--------...
in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
.
In all other competitions, including the Hockey World Cup
Hockey World Cup
The Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation . The tournament was started in 1971...
and the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
, the four home nations
Home Nations
Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom...
compete in their own right: England
England national field hockey team
The England national field hockey team represents England in international field hockey. The team finished in fifth-place in the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany....
, Ireland
Ireland national field hockey team
Ireland national field hockey team represents Ireland at men's international field hockey. It is organised by the Irish Hockey Association. Usually the team represents the entire island of Ireland and plays under a special flag. The exception is Olympic hockey, where the team represents only the...
(includes both the Republic
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
), Scotland
Scottish Hockey Union
The Scottish Hockey Union, commonly referred to simply as Scottish Hockey or the SHU, is the national governing body for the sport of field hockey in Scotland. It is the SHU's responsibility to help provide for the development, promotion and management of hockey in Scotland...
and Wales.
The team was established in 1920 as Great Britain and Ireland, prior to the independence of most of Ireland as the Irish Free State
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...
. They only played one tournament under that name: the 1920 Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics:Only a men's competition occurred that year. Four teams competed in the round-robin tournament, held between 1 September and 5 September 1920.-Standings:-References:...
in Antwerp, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, when they won the gold medal. Prior to 1920 there was only one field hockey tournament at the Olympics, in 1908
Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a field hockey tournament was contested for the first time. Six teams entered from three states. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was represented by a team from each of the four home nations: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales...
, when England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
won the gold, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
the silver, and Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
the bronze medals.
Honours
Olympic field hockeyField hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
tournaments
- Gold: 1920Field hockey at the 1920 Summer OlympicsFinal results for the Hockey competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics:Only a men's competition occurred that year. Four teams competed in the round-robin tournament, held between 1 September and 5 September 1920.-Standings:-References:...
, 1988Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics-Pool A:---------------------------------------------------------Pool B:-------------------------------------------------------------Ninth to twelfth place play-offs:--------... - Silver: 1948Field hockey at the 1948 Summer OlympicsFinal results for the field hockey competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics:Only a men's competition occurred that year.-Medal summary:Note: The shows also only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament...
- Bronze: 1952Field hockey at the 1952 Summer OlympicsFinal results for the Hockey competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics:Only a men's competition occurred that year.-Medal summary:-Bracket:-Participating nations:...
, 1984Field hockey at the 1984 Summer OlympicsAll matches were played at Weingart Stadium, Los Angeles, United States. Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics:-Men's Medalists:-Women's Medal Winners:-References:**...
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- Champions: 1994
Current team
- Jonty ClarkeJonty ClarkeJonathan Clarke is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Clarke was brought up in the town of Southend and was educated at Southend High School...
- Forward - Glenn KirkhamGlenn KirkhamGlenn Charles W. Kirkham is an English field hockey player.-Early life:He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford...
- Centre Half - Ben HawesBen HawesBenjamin Robert Hawes is an English field hockey player who plays in midfield or as a half back.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...
- Midfield/Half Back - James Fair - Goalkeeper
- Jon BlebyJon BlebyJon Bleby is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he is representing Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
- Defender - Barry MiddletonBarry MiddletonBarry John Middleton is an English field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the England Squad that won the 2009 Eurohockey Nations Cup and gained silver at the 2010...
- Forward - Alistair McGregorAlistair McGregorAlistair McGregor is a male field hockey goalkeeper from Scotland, who earned his first cap for the Men's National Team in 2001. He plays club hockey for Loughborough Students. McGregor was named joint Outstanding UK Player at the 2005 European Championships. He represented Great Britain at the...
- Goalkeeper - Richard AlexanderRichard Alexander (field hockey)Richard Alexander is an English field hockey defender, who made his international senior debut for the national squad in January 2005 against South Africa.-References:** *...
- Inside Left - Matt DalyMatt DalyMatt Daly is an English field hockey player who plays as a centre forward or right wing.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has 66 caps representing England and 29 caps representing Great...
Centre - Forward/Right Wing - Richard MantellRichard MantellRichard Mantell is an English field hockey full back, who made his international senior debut for the national squad on 10 February 2003. He is nicknamed Rick or Ricky or Tricky, and played club hockey for Canterbury.Currently Mantell is playing for Reading...
- Full Back - Simon MantellSimon MantellSimon Douglas Mantell is an English field hockey forward, who made his international senior debut for the national squad on 9 November 2005 versus Ireland at Beeston...
- Forward - Ben MarsdenBen MarsdenBenjamin Marsden is an English field hockey player who plays as a half back.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he is representing Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
- Half Back - Rob Moore - Inside Forward/Forward
- James TindallJames TindallJames Tindall is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward. He was named as the Hockey Writers Club Player of the Year in 2005....
- Forward - Alastair WilsonAlastair WilsonAlastair Wilson is a British field hockey player, he has competed in the European championship, as well as in the World Championship and in the 2008 Olympics....
- Forward - Ashley JacksonAshley Jackson (field hockey)Ashley Jackson when he was in year 7 he joined rose hill school in Tunbridge Wells. He is an English field hockey player...
- Forward - Niall StottNiall StottNiall Craig Stott is a Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Dundee....
- Forward - Stephen DickStephen DickStephen Dick is a Scottish field hockey player who plays as a forward.Competing for Scotland and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he is representing Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has 68 caps representing Scotland and 24 caps representing Great Britain as of 11...
- Forward
Notable former players
- Paul Barber
- Stephen Batchelor
- Tom BertramTom BertramTom Quesenbery Bertram is an English field hockey player. Bertram played in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain in 2000 and 2004....
- Robert CliftRobert CliftRobert John Clift is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
- Paul David Coates
- Richard DoddsRichard DoddsRichard David Allan Dodds OBE is a former field hockey player, who was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
- David Faulkner
- Russell Garcia
- Calum GilesCalum GilesCalum Giles is a former Great Britain olympic field hockey player, who competed in the British squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
- Martyn GrimleyMartyn GrimleyMartyn Andrew Grimley is a former field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the British Olympic squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also has World Cup silver medals for both indoor and outdoor hockey as well as a European Cup silver medal...
- Sean KerlySean KerlySean Robin Kerly MBE was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate and is a former English field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
- Richard LemanRichard LemanRichard Alexander Leman is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
- Jimi LewisJimi LewisJames "Jimi" Lewis is an English field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
- David Luckes
- Jack MacBryanJack MacBryanJohn "Jack" Crawford William MacBryan was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Somerset and made one almost imperceptible appearance in a Test match for England...
- Simon Mason
- Barry MiddletonBarry MiddletonBarry John Middleton is an English field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the England Squad that won the 2009 Eurohockey Nations Cup and gained silver at the 2010...
- Rob Moore
- Craig ParnhamCraig ParnhamCraig Parnham is an English field hockey defender, who participated in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain: in 2000 and 2004...
- Jon PotterJon PotterJonathan Nicholas Mark Potter is a Senior Partner and CMO of the McKinney Rogers Group of companies. Before joining McKinney Rogers, Jon Potter was a former field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Following his retirement from...
- Imran SherwaniImran SherwaniImran Sherwani is a former English field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
- Stanley ShovellerStanley ShovellerStanley Howard Shoveller was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Eight years later, when Antwerp hosted the 1920 Summer Olympics, he once again captured the gold medal with the Great Britain and Ireland squad, at age 39....
- Ian Taylor
- Jimmy Walis
- David WestcottDavid WestcottDavid Guy Westcott is a former field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the British squad at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Westcott also played cricket.-References:* *...
- Christopher Mayer
- Peter MurphyPeter MurphyPeter Murphy may refer to:* Peter Murphy , British musician with the band Bauhaus* Peter Murphy , English Stuckist artist* Peter Murphy , Irish international footballer with Carlisle United...
- Rob Hill
Coaches
- David Whitaker, coach when the team won gold in the 1988 OlympicsField hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics-Pool A:---------------------------------------------------------Pool B:-------------------------------------------------------------Ninth to twelfth place play-offs:--------...
- William Vans Agnew, coach during the 1972 OlympicsField hockey at the 1972 Summer OlympicsThis tournament is remembered for the first victory of a European nation after 1920 and the misbehaviour of the players of Pakistan after losing the final, which included kicking their silver medals during the medal ceremony and ravaging the locker room. Accordingly, they were banned for life from...
- Dave Vinson
See also
- United Kingdom national football teamUnited Kingdom national football teamNo United Kingdom national football team currently exists, as there are separate teams representing England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in football. These national teams compete in the World Cup and European Championships and other internationals. A UK team has played in friendly...