Hosting the World Fiction and the long journey to

and the long journey to secure the "coping stone" — a historic tour by an English team that promised to cement football’s place in the Australian sporting landscape

The first two

resilience

but who never lost touch with his love of the game as a fan

Thanks to Cathy Wilcox for the use of her illustration in the cover design

Hosting the World Fiction and the long journey toWhat does it actually take to host the world? Winning the right to stage a FIFA World Cup, an Olympic Games or a Commonwealth Games is just the beginning. The real work the politics, the planning, the pressure, the sheer operational complexity of delivering at global scale is what this book is about. James Johnson has been in that room. As CEO of Football Australia, he led the delivery of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup across Australia and New