Fixing Football

Name: Fixing Football
Brand: Mel Brennan
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5 June 2026

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in North America. 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 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan. 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.

Also published as Saving Soccer in North America.

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Format: Paperback
Published: June 2026
ISBN: 978-1-923236-50-9
ISBN: 978-1-923236-51-6 (ePub)
Weight: 0.4kg
Size: 234x156mm
Pages: 230 (TBC)
Imprint: Fair Play Publishing

About the Author

Mel Brennan served as Head of Special Projects for CONCACAF from 2001 to 2003, and as one of five North American delegates to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan. He remains the highest-ranked African-American in the history of world football governance. Brennan has a PhD from the University of Stirling, and is co-author ofSport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics (2008) with Grant Jarvie and Tony Hwang. Fixing Football is his first solo book.

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