Johnson was speaking at the Future For Asians in Football conference today which looked to explore all issues related to the involvement of Asian communities in the game whether as professional players or developing grassroots clubs and community initiatives.

The conference highlighted the steps The FA have taken to encourage Asian participation in the game in the past few years.

Around £1.2m has been invested in grassroots football, with funding in place to provide a team of development officers around the country who are working to key targets which include ethnic minorities.

The FA's new coaching strategy also targets minority ethnic communities to address the issue of the shortage of Asian coaches in the game. The partnership with McDonald's has created 8,000 new community-based coaches, with a significant amount of the funding aimed at Asian communities.

The FA is also developing an equality action plan for referees and targeting under-represented groups in an attempt to break down barriers - either real or perceived - to increase participation in the game.

In addition, along with funding from UEFA and the NDC (New Deal for the Community), the HatTrick project is being rolled out. This will provide 19 Community Football workers in the most deprived areas of England.

But Johnson (left) admits there is still plenty of work to do and has urged the Asian community to help The FA achieve even more.

"I am very keen to hear from more people about the things we do well and, more importantly, the things we can improve on," Johnson explained.

"If people have a mistrust, if there are real or perceived barriers to them stepping up or taking advantage of the opportunities that are on offer, then we need to be told.

"I know the objective of the 'Asians Can Play Football' report is to see more Asian professional footballers, and that is undoubtedly an objective of the work that the football authorities are doing.

"But The FA has a responsibility to develop football participation at every level and I want to see success in many ways - the number of Asian players in grassroots football, the number of Asian coaches and referees and the number of Asian administrators," he added.

"We want to allow everybody who wants to pursue their dreams in football, whatever they may be, to have the chance to do so."

The FA’s Football For All conference takes place on 01 December at Walsall FC, further details of which will appear on TheFA.com shortly.

This year's event will focus on race equality. There will be four main themes on the day; black coaches and managers, Asian women and girls, young male Asian players and religion and football.