Abstract
During the summer of 1906, the British Olympic Association (BOA) came to the International Olympic Committee's late rescue by agreeing to host the Games of the IV Olympiad in London, after the Eternal City Rome was forced to officially relinquish its obligation to stage the Games. With no governmental financial assistance and less than seventeen months in which to prepare, the BOA endeavoured to stage the largest international sports gathering, at that time, in modern history. The short period leading up to the 1908 London Games again revealed the currents of British opposition to the Olympic concept, as well as the bitter internal squabbling that existed among the Home-Nations.
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