 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutungamiri weFIFA Sepp Blatter pakutanga akavimbisa imwe neimwe yemasangano eBritish kuti chimiro chavo hachizokanganisike nekumisikidza timu yakabatanidzwa muna 2012. SFA yakaramba kuchinja chimiro chayo, ichitaura kuti maonero aBlatter nemvumo zvingasave zvakakosha kana abva pachigaro, uye kuti vakanga vasingadi kukanganisa chinzvimbo chavo. Blatter airatidzika kunge akachinja maonero ake munaKurume 2008, paakataura kuti vanofanira kupinda muchikwata chakaumbwa nevatambi vanobva kuEngland uye akataura kuti chinzvimbo chakazvimiririra chemasangano mana eBritish chinogona kukuvadzwa nechikwata chakabatana. Mukuru mukuru weUEFA David Taylor, aimbova mukuru mukuru weSFA, akati muna August 2008 kuti chikwata cheOlympic cheBritain chaizotyisidzira kuvapo kwamarudzi omusha mumwe nomumwe. Taylor akataurawo kuti chimiro chakasiyana cheNyika Dzemusha chakanga chamborwiswa nedzimwe nhengo dzeFIFA, uye kuti zvakanga zvakaoma kuona kuti zvivimbiso zvipi zvaigona kupiwa kuchengetedza chinzvimbo ichocho. Pamusangano wakaitwa pamwe chete neFIFA Club World Cup ya2008muJapan, tarisiro yechikwata cheUK chemitambo yeOlympic ya2012 yakakurukurwa neFIFA Executive Committee, iyo yakapa mvumo yayo. 