Blog 4 Eli

This is a Paul Davis highlight real.  Paul Davis was a striker for Arsenal who Nick references as scoring a incredible diving header to win the game against Charlton on 21.3.89.  The first goal on this highlight video is the diving header.  This game was significant for Nick because he remembers turning down an invitation to his friends birthday party. Nick thinks, "I had been exposed as the worthless, shallow worm I was, and I went to the game. I was glad I went, too. Paul Davis scored one of the best goals I have seen at Highbury..."(206).
 
 In this game as described by Hornby, "the greatest moment ever" happened.  Hornby tries to describe how he felt and ends up concluding that even an orgasm wasn't as good as watching the goal at the end of the game. This is a video, which includes interviews and footage from the game.




This is the Littlewoods Cup semifinal rematch versus the spurs that snapped Nick out of depression.  Nick  says, "That night, I stopped being an Arsenal lunatic and relearnt how to be a fan, still cranky, and still dangerously obsessive, but still a fan nonetheless"(174).




This was a devastating loss in the Littlewoods cup final versus Luton. Arsenal lost 3-2 and missed multiple chances including a pk by Winterburn. This is a loss which Hornby still feels bad about.




This is a memorable end to a game against norwich in which the final score was 4-3, there were poor refereeing decisions, two penalty kicks, and a fight--all things Nick Hornby thoroughly enjoys.