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
Association football culture being TOOFIF. Some consider that British football's image of a nasty working-class pursuit was changed into something far more respectable after "Fever Pitch", a memoir by Nick Hornby about his life as an Arsenal fan, was published. The book also provided Hornby's big break. It was later adapted very loosely into a film. Numerous films have been made including "Bend It Like Beckham", and "The Football Factory", based on the book by John King, dealing with hooliganism and its relationship to socio-economic realities in England. In Germany, "The Miracle of Bern" (2003) revived the euphoria of the national team's victory