![]() ![]() (“There’s something suspect here,” Hornby would later write about this theory. It sold more than a million copies, inspired two films, was canonised as a Penguin Modern Classic on its 20th anniversary, slung its author into a rarefied popularity that he still enjoys, inspired countless (often insipid) imitators, and, according to some, accelerated the game’s gentrification by intellectualising it. Hornby’s book, about his fanatical commitment to Arsenal Football Club, has claim to being among the most influential sports books. The English Premier League, a breakaway league floated upon Rupert Murdoch’s lavish purchase of TV rights, was born the imperious and sublimely gifted Eric Cantona joined Manchester United and a schoolteacher named Nick Hornby published his memoir Fever Pitch. ![]() At least three significant things happened to soccer in England in 1992. ![]()
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