Fever Pitch Chapter Summary & Analysis - How I Won the Double, Arsenal v. Newcastle, 17.4.71; Another City, Chelsea v. Tottenham, January 1972; Islington Boy, Reading v. Arsenal, 5.2.72; and Happy, Arsenal v. Derby, 12.2.72 Summary

How I Won the Double, Arsenal v. Newcastle, 17.4.71; Another City, Chelsea v. Tottenham, January 1972; Islington Boy, Reading v. Arsenal, 5.2.72; and Happy, Arsenal v. Derby, 12.2.72 Summary and Analysis

(How I Won the Double, Arsenal v. Newcastle, 17.4.71) Arsenal finally wins a cup game after seventeen years, the League Championship game and the FA Cup. Nick feels disconnected to these victories since he wasn't there. He does feel he has a hand in the game against Newcastle in 1971 since he attended that game, and Arsenal would not have done as well if he had been absent. (Another City, Chelsea v. Tottenham, January 1972) Nick feels his father should be supporting Chelsea, a more flamboyant team. (Islington Boy, Reading v. Arsenal, 5.2.72) Nick is dissatisfied with his life in the London suburbs. When Reading plays Arsenal, Nick starts talking to a family near him who thinks he is from London because of his accent. He enjoys speaking with them until they ask where he lives, and he confesses he lives close. The father tells him he should support his...
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