Fever pitch arsenal book

It is often cited as the first intelligent football book to have mass appeal, telling of one mans lifelong obsession with arsenal. In a humorous vein, hornby guides the reader through a series of football matches soccer games played from 1968 to 1991 by an english firstdivision team known as arsenal. When arsenal left highbury stadium, the book was included as part of a farewell membership pack. Nick hornbys fever pitch is now a penguin classic telegraph. Fever pitch and the rise of middleclass football bbc news.

Nick hornby is one of my favorite authors, and even his bad books how to be good kept me entertained while reading. Nov 06, 2009 is life sh1t because arsenal are sh1t. The 11 yearold who watched arsenal lose to swindon would have been baffled by many aspects of that birmingham game, however. Nick hornby gives the fanatic part of being a fan its true definition. Fever pitch was translated into 26 languages, sold millions of. Aug 08, 2012 fever pitch was written before the money from sky television raised the standard, the ticket prices and the number of foreigners in the game. Nick hornbys fever pitch might be focused on arsenal, but it really is a book which fans of each and every team in the world would enjoy written from a supporters perspective, this book. Fever pitch is nick hornbys millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classic i fell in love with football as i was later to fall in love with women. The book won many awards, including the william hill sports book of the year in 1992, and became a penguin modern classic in 2012. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, hornbys awardwinning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandom its agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young mens coming of age stories, fever pitch is one for the home team. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of fever pitch, by nick hornby, read by julian rhindtutt as a young boy, growing up in the home counties and watching his parents marriage fall apart, nick hornby had little sense of home. Having sold over a million copies in the united kingdom, it was named the william hill sports book of the year in 1992 and made into a penguin modern classic in august 2012.

Fever pitch project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Fever pitch was the first of nicks books to be adapted into a film. Since i started following arsenal in 2006 they have gone from a big club that played the most beautiful ball in all the game to a inconsistant club to a fcking disaster club. Fever pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Lindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with ben and his passion for the boston red sox. Nick wrote the screenplay himself, translating his awardwinning memoir into a romantic comedy starring colin firth. Fever pitch soccer politics the politics of football. Fever pitch definition of fever pitch by merriamwebster. Fever pitch was an autobiographical account of an obsessive arsenal fan whose happiness, sadness and everything depend on arsenals success or failure. Where can i find a good book on the history of arsenal. Hornby adapted the book for the screen and fictionalised the story, concentrating on arsenals first division championshipwinning season in 198889 and its effect on the protagonists. It tells the story of the authors relationship with football, and with arsenal football club in particular. Here is an autobiographical account of his love for his favorite sports team over 20. The arsenal pitch was to be our lawn and, being an.

The fate of a romantic relationship between a soccerobsessed english teacher and his goalobsessed colleague depends upon the fortunes of a local team that hasnt won a league cup in 18 years. Fever pitch is a 1997 film starring colin firth, based loosely on nick hornby s bestselling memoir, fever pitch. So paddy got up is a good arsenal history book, containing essays written by journalists and different bloggers that love the club and understand it in its true nature. Fever pitch was written before the money from sky television raised the standard, the ticket prices and the number of foreigners in the game. Fever pitch definition is a state of intense excitement and agitation. The legacy of fever pitch is clear to see in the way hornbys career has grown in stature since then. I really expected i would love this book, though its fatal flaw was apparent from page one. Mar 30, 2020 nick hornbys novel fever pitch is a memoir about being an arsenal fan, a particular kind of malady within the broader world of football obsession. To be an arsenal fan as hornby tells us in book and movie is to be mostly miserable. Fever pitch author nick hornby says beautiful game has lost. It was released by working titlechannel 4 films in 1997. Most of us, indian football fans, started watching english football from around 1996. Fever pitch is hornbys tribute to a lifelong, obsession soccer. In the book, hornby recounts his life as a gooner who loves the gunners.

For alarmingly large chunks of an average day, i am a moron. Firth plays paul ashworth, english teacher and arsenal fan. Febbre a 90 fever pitch scena cult della partita finale duration. Nov 07, 2010 michael thomas wins league title for arsenal at anfield, 1989 duration. Fever pitch is a nonfiction memoir by nick hornby, an english writer, that details his obsession with the arsenal football team. His father takes nick to his first arsenal game as a way to bond after leaving nicks mother for another woman. Mar 03, 2012 fever pitch, ostensibly the story of one mans love affair with arsenal football club, launched the career of its author, nick hornby, now one of the countrys most popular writers, spawned a. Superficially, its all about arsenals ups and downs, the history of the club, and how the. In soccermad england, fever pitch published in the uk in 1992 was a careermaker. It is directed by the farrelly brothers, and stars drew barrymore and jimmy fallon. Top 10 books about arsenal bleacher report latest news. Students in the english language section of soccer politics are reading it this week. Fever pitch by nick hornby introduction, sunday, 14th july 1991.

Superficially, its all about arsenals ups and downs, the history of the club, and how the wins and losses intertwined with the authors life. Fever pitch is the anatomy of that obsession, a knowing, bittersweet, and very funny autobiography in which the writers life is measured not in years, but in seasons not by the gregorian. To anyone missing arsenal and who has not read it, i highly recommend it. Fever pitch, first published in 1992, is a memoir and hornbys first book. Nick begins going to every game he can, and his interest soon becomes an obsession. This book was reasonably good but not being an arsenal fan, my interest drifted a bit in parts. Nick hornbys novel fever pitch is a memoir about being an arsenal fan, a particular kind of malady within the broader world of football obsession. Fever pitch, ostensibly the story of one mans love affair with arsenal football club, launched the career of its author, nick hornby, now one of the countrys most popular writers, spawned a. With colin firth, ruth gemmell, luke aikman, bea guard.

Sep 12, 2008 fever pitch, the book, is autobiographical. Nick hornbys fever pitch was even reprinted with a new cover and included as a part of the 200506 arsenal fc membership pack for the final salute to highbury. Aug 17, 2012 the 11 yearold who watched arsenal lose to swindon would have been baffled by many aspects of that birmingham game, however. Michael thomas wins league title for arsenal at anfield, 1989 duration. To accompany your reading, you might enjoy the 1997 film version of the book starring colin firth. A fans life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by british author nick hornby.

With drew barrymore, jimmy fallon, jason spevack, jack kehler. Nick hornby discusses the legacy of fever pitch with john wilson, son of exarsenal goalkeeper bob, on fever pitched. It won the william hill sports book of the year award in 1992, and in 2012 was named a penguin modern classic. I already miss picking it up and breezing through it. A sports fans romantic courtship clashes with his obsession with his favorite football team. The hugely popular book was adapted to film in 1997 and again in 2005.

In 1997, hornby wrote the screenplay for a film adaptation of the book depicting a football fan during arsenals championship year in 1988, and the sports effect on his love life. Apr 08, 2005 directed by bobby farrelly, peter farrelly. Fever pitch published in 1992 is author nick hornbys about a boy, high fidelity first book and is an autobiographical look at being a sports fan and all that entails in the context of growing up supporting arsenal fc in england. Mar 23, 2012 superficially, fever pitch by nick hornby is about arsenal. But that is not enough, he is completely and totally obsessed with arsenal. Fever pitch is more like an autobiography, where the authors life is connected to arsenal. This book offers many funny anecdotes of how this obsession takes over his life. Given that this, his first book, was about his obsessive relationship with the north london soccer team, arsenal, many americans didnt hear that voice until high fidelity 1995, a novel that riffed on the broader subject of favorite bands and songs. Arsenal match, it became embarrassingly obvious to the then 15yearold that his white. Mar 02, 2018 anyway, fever pitch starts out in 1968.