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
The Sir George Robey it was occupied by squatters and had its interior fittings and floors removed. As of April 2018, the site is still vacant. The pub was directly opposite another, larger, music venue, the Rainbow Theatre. The fictitious venue The Harry Lauder in Nick Hornby's book "Fever Pitch" was based on The Sir George Robey. Near the end of Irvine Welsh's novel "Trainspotting" the characters Sick Boy and Begbie visit The Sir George Robey. The Sir George Robey The Sir George Robey was a mid-19th century public house and later a music venue on Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, North London, England.