Great Britain men's national field hockey team
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Confederation | EHF (Europe) | |||||||||||||
Coach | Bobby Crutchley | |||||||||||||
Assistant coach | David Ralph | |||||||||||||
Manager | Jon Bleby | |||||||||||||
Captain | Barry Middleton | |||||||||||||
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The Great Britain men's national field hockey team represents the United Kingdom in Olympic field hockey tournaments.[1] The team won gold at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
In all other competitions, including the Hockey World Cup, the Commonwealth Games and some editions of the Hockey Champions Trophy, 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.
Honours
Summer Olympics
- 1920 –
- 1948 –
- 1952 –
- 1956 – 4th place
- 1960 – 4th place
- 1964 – 9th place
- 1968 – 12th place
- 1972 – 6th place
- 1984 –
- 1988 –
- 1992 – 6th place
- 1996 – 7th place
- 2000 – 6th place
- 2004 – 9th place
- 2008 – 5th place
- 2012 – 4th place
- 2016 – 9th place
World League
- 2014–15 – 6th place
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Team
Current Squad
This is the squad of 16 players selected to compete in men's Olympic field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Simon Mantell, one of the travelling reserves replaced Ali Brogdon who was injured during the first match V Belgium. (Caps and goals updated as of 12th August 2016, after match v Spain. Total Caps and goals are for GB & England internationals.)[2]
# | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | George Pinner | 18 January 1987 | 112 | 0 | Holcombe |
6 | DF | Henry Weir | 13 February 1990 | 111 | 5 | Wimbledon |
12 | DF | Mikey Hoare | 14 November 1985 | 114 | 1 | Wimbledon |
16 | DF | Adam Dixon | 11 September 1986 | 190 | 13 | Rotterdam |
24 | DF | Iain Lewers | 5 January 1984 | 146 | 11 | Holcombe |
27 | DF | Dan Fox | 3 March 1983 | 164 | 3 | Holcombe |
5 | MF | David Ames | 25 June 1989 | 32 | 2 | Holcombe |
7 | MF | Ashley Jackson | 27 August 1987 | 234 | 133 | East Grinstead |
9 | MF | Harry Martin | 23 October 1992 | 151 | 13 | Rotterdam |
17 | MF | Barry Middleton (captain) | 12 January 1984 | 373 | 105 | Holcombe |
22 | MF | David Condon | 6 July 1991 | 110 | 18 | East Grinstead |
26 | MF | Nick Catlin | 8 April 1989 | 185 | 22 | East Grinstead |
31 | MF | Ian Sloan | 19 November 1993 | 26 | 2 | Wimbledon |
8 | FW | Simon Mantell | 24 April 1984 | 212 | 62 | Wimbledon |
11 | FW | Ali Brogdon | 10 November 1987 | 149 | 23 | Rotterdam |
13 | FW | Sam Ward | 24 December 1990 | 50 | 18 | Holcombe |
14 | FW | Mark Gleghorne | 19 May 1985 | 107 | 24 | Beeston |
Recent Call ups
The following players are part of the Bisham Abbey-based Great Britain Centralised Training Programme
# | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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2 | GK | James Bailey | 13 May 1991 | 21 | 0 | Wimbledon |
19 | GK | Paddy Smith | 28 July 1991 | 10 | 0 | East Grinstead |
32 | GK | Harry Gibson | 25 March 1993 | 7 | 0 | Surbiton |
4 | DF | Ollie Willars | 25 June 1990 | 73 | 1 | Beeston |
20 | MF | Dan Shingles | 5 July 1986 | 70 | 2 | Reading |
10 | FW | Alan Forsyth | 4 May 1992 | 105 | 50 | Surbiton |
15 | FW | Phil Roper | 24 January 1992 | 53 | 11 | Wimbledon |
23 | FW | Tom Carson | 26 June 1990 | 65 | 18 | Reading |
25 | FW | Chris Griffiths | 3 September 1990 | 29 | 9 | East Grinstead |
28 | FW | Chris Grassick | 3 November 1990 | 110 | 17 | Surbiton |
Notable former players
- Paul Barber (1988 Gold)
- Stephen Batchelor (1988 Gold)
- Tom Bertram
- Kulbir Bhaura (1988 Gold)
- Jon Bleby
- Robert Clift (1988 Gold)
- John Conroy (field hockey)
- Matt Daly
- Stephen Dick
- Richard Dodds (1988 Gold)
- David Faulkner (1988 Gold)
- Russell Garcia (1988 Gold)
- Brett Garrard
- Calum Giles
- Martyn Grimley (1988 Gold)
- Danny Hall
- Ben Hawes
- Rob Hill
- Sean Kerly (1988 Gold)
- Jimmy Kirkwood (1988 Gold)
- Jason Laslett
- Richard Leman (1988 Gold)
- David Luckes
- Jack MacBryan
- Richard Mantell
- Ben Marsden
- Stephen Martin (1988 Gold)
- Simon Mason
- Christopher Mayer
- Alistair McGregor
- Rob Moore
- Veryan Pappin (1988 Gold)
- Craig Parnham
- Mark Pearn
- Jon Potter (1988 Gold)
- Imran Sherwani (1988 Gold)
- Stanley Shoveller
- Ian Taylor (1988 Gold)
- James Tindall
- Bill Waugh
- Jimmy Wallis
- David Westcott
Coaches
- David Whitaker, coach when the team won gold in the 1988 Olympics
- William Vans Agnew, coach during the 1972 Olympics
- Dave Vinson
- Jason Lee (2004 - 2012). Coach at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
- Bobby Crutchley (February 2013 - present). Coach at the 2016 Summer Olympics
See also
- Great Britain women's national field hockey team
- England men's national hockey team
- Ireland men's national field hockey team
- Scotland men's national field hockey team
- Wales men's national field hockey team
References
- ↑ "London 2012 Profile". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ "Players - GB Hockey". Retrieved 29 November 2015.