Fever Pitch Reading Schedule

Here are the deadlines for reading. There will be a brief reading quiz on the days listed below, covering the assigned section.

Period 3 - finish section one (9-88): Thursday, April 5
Period 3 - finish section two (91-164): Thursday, April 12
Period 3 - finish section three (167-247): Tuesday, April 24

Period 5 - finish section one (9-88): Monday, April 9
Period 5 - finish section two (91-164): Thursday, April 12
Period 5 - finish section three (167-247): Tuesday, April 24

Making Sense of English Club Football in Hornby's Fever Pitch

Here is a short list of some sites that might be of interest to you with relation to Fever Pitch. Using these sites can help you understand just about everything that seems foreign to you about the book, aside from the occasional non-Arsenal player reference. Some of the links give you some general information and others much more precise and telling bits. In any case, they can be quite helpful as you make your way through the text.

• Fever Pitch Glossary – A glossary for nearly all that is included in Fever Pitch
• Arsenal Football Club – The source of the obsession
• Map of Top Tier English Football Club Stadiums – Interactive map of all UK Football Clubs with links to the sites of individual clubs
• English Football Club Stadium Attendances – An attendance table for teams in the Premier League
• English Football Club Stadium Distance Maps and Mileage Table – A mileage table to give you a sense of how far apart teams in the Premier League are currently
• Arsenal Land: by Gooners, for Gooners – Arsenal fan site created by and for people like our friend Hornby
• Footballsite UK: Facts & Figures – A site packed with all the historical results you could ever want, by club
• Premier League Team Nicknames – A brief description of the Premier League Clubs and their nicknames
• Fever Pitch: Student Review – A fairly interesting collection of short writings on Fever Pitch by a German student
• Wikipedia: Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK – Wikipedia article of Hornby’s hometown in the Home Counties (Berkshire) of London
• City of London Boroughs Map – An interactive map of the boroughs of London