Fever Pitch Each chapter is about a football match that he remembers watching, most but not all at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, and how it related to the events that were going on with his life. As well as recounting Arsenal's highs and lows, Hornby talks about other football clubs that played in London. "Fever Pitch" sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1992 and was reprinted with a new cover and made available as part of the 2005–06 Arsenal F.C. membership pack as part of the "Final Salute" to
Nick Hornby the US as "Songbook"). Also in 2003, Hornby was awarded the London Award 2003, an award that was selected by fellow writers. Hornby has also written essays on various aspects of popular culture and, in particular, he has become known for his writing on pop music and mix tape enthusiasts. Since 2003, he has written a book review column, "Stuff I've Been Reading", for the monthly magazine "The Believer"; all of these articles are collected between "The Polysyllabic Spree" (2004), "Housekeeping vs. The Dirt" (2006), "Shakespeare Wrote for Money" (2008), and "More Baths Less Talking" (2012). Hornby's novel "A Long