This is the autobiography of the author's tumultuous relationship with football and his team, Arsenal London. With infectious enthusiasm and his characteristic irony, Hornby tells what happens when you let the game give meaning to a few holes that should have been occupied by other issues. This soccer addict rejects invitations to weddings that day, the Arsenal playing at home, or associates his first major breakup in the loss of an iconic player. Hornby wonders here about the essence of this obsession and humorously describes what is really being a fan of a team. Fever the stands is also a lucid picture of your sporting and social intricacies of the game and ends up becoming a heartfelt declaration of devotion and loyalty to a sport, a club and especially the community of followers suffered form its true essence .
