Great Britain 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 Irish independence. 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.

Honours

Current team

*Jonty Clarke - Forward
*Glenn Kirkham - Centre Half
*Ben Hawes - Midfield/Half Back
*James Fair - Goalkeeper
*Jon Bleby - Defender
*Barry Middleton - Forward
*Alistair McGregor - Goalkeeper
*Richard Alexander - Inside Left
*Matt Daly Centre - Forward/Right Wing
*Richard Mantell - Full Back
*Simon Mantell - Forward
*Ben Marsden - Half Back
*Rob Moore - Inside Forward/Forward
*James Tindall - Forward
*Alastair Wilson - Forward
*Ashley Jackson - Forward
*Niall Stott - Forward
*Stephen Dick - Forward

Notable former players

*Paul Barber
*Tom Bertram
*Robert Clift
*Richard Dodds
*David Faulkner
*Russell Garcia
*Calum Giles
*Martyn Grimley
*Sean Kerly
*Richard Leman
*Jimi Lewis
*David Luckes
*Jack MacBryan
*Simon Mason
*Barry Middleton
*Rob Moore
*Craig Parnham
*Imran Sherwani
*Stanley Shoveller
*Ian Taylor
*Jimmy Walis
*David Westcott
*Christopher Mayer
*Peter Murphy

Coaches

*David Whitaker, coach when the team won gold in the 1988 OlympicsWilliam Vans Agnew Coach during the 1972 Munich olympics

ee also

*United Kingdom national football team