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Fixing Football

An insider's account of how the World Game went wrong - and how to set it right

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Pub Date Jun 08 2026 | Archive Date Aug 31 2026


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Description

The football World Cup will be held in North America in 2026. But behind the spectacle lies a story of corruption, impunity, and institutional failure.

Mel Brennan was Head of Special Projects at CONCACAF and one of five North American delegates to the World Cup in Korea/Japan in 2002. He watched as the organisation entrusted with the world's game betrayed it. And unlike almost everyone else who was in the room, he decided to talk about it.

Part memoir, part exposé, part manifesto, Fixing Football takes readers from Trump Tower boardrooms to World Cup congresses, tracing the corruption at the heart of world football governance and making an urgent, practical case for reform. With the tournament arriving on North American soil, Brennan argues this is the moment the sport - and the region - cannot afford to waste.

Mel Brennan is the only former North American football executive to speak on the record about what he witnessed inside CONCACAF and FIFA. He remains the highest-ranked African-American in the history of world football governance.

This book is published under the title 'Saving Soccer' in North America.

The football World Cup will be held in North America in 2026. But behind the spectacle lies a story of corruption, impunity, and institutional failure.

Mel Brennan was Head of Special Projects at...


Advance Praise

"In Fixing Football, Mel Brennan tells the story of global football politics with the humble, good-natured spirit and with the articulate, even-tempered manner that stood out for me, two decades ago when I first met him."

Lasana Liburd, Journalist, Wired868, Trinidad & Tobago

"In Fixing Football, Mel Brennan tells the story of global football politics with the humble, good-natured spirit and with the articulate, even-tempered manner that stood out for me, two decades ago...


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ISBN 9781923236509
PRICE $25.99 (USD)
PAGES 176

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