Hornby played a major part in its production, adapting and fictionalising his own story, with the main theme focused around Arsenal’s historic title winning 1988-89 campaign. The film, which featured Colin Firth in the lead role, was released in 1997 and was based loosely on Hornby’s memoirs. I think if you get the feelings right, then people will identify with it no matter who they support.”Īs well as winning awards and selling millions of copies worldwide, Fever Pitch is one of the rare examples of a football book which made the successful transition to the big screen. "So, it was very gratifying to see how it was received. “I hoped that football fans would recognise themselves in it,” Hornby tells GOAL. Nick Hornby’s 'Fever Pitch' is also considered by many critics as the book that redefined the football-writing genre following its publication in 1992.Īnd it’s still as popular now as it was all those years ago when it landed on the shelves and told the story of Hornby’s obsession with Arsenal as he grew from boy to man while standing on the Highbury terraces.
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