Quote Originally Posted by Jordi Cul View Post
As a book it's alright. I don't remember reading it and thinking it really resonates with me, I'll qualify this at the time I read it my opinion would've been skewed by christ knows what I was doing.

The irony of the book is Hornby writes about watching Arsenal during the 70s and 80s and it became such a 'go to' for the football luvies/hipsters who followed. You know the type now profess to supporting St. Pauli.

Same for Toffs.

Baddiel/Skinner just weren't funny. Baddiel in particular is a cuunt.
I like Fever Pitch as a book but it definitely isn't a "universal" experience of being a fan, certainly doesn't resonate with me either. I think it represents a certain "type" of fan that has grown since sky sports, the Premier League etc. At the end of the day Hornby is a middle class home counties boy who follows a fashionable London club, can't move for that now.