大象传媒

Nick Hornby reads his autobiographical account of his obsessive relationship with Arsenal Football Club.

It鈥檚 an important year - 1968:

Nick鈥檚 parents have split up, at one point his mother, sister and himself are homeless, he gets a severe attack of jaundice and starts at grammar school. But then his Dad took him to London鈥檚 Highbury Stadium and there was no looking back.

'I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically' - but does football ruin men and their relationships? Probably...

Nick plots his football-centric life from Arsenal vs Stoke City in September 1968 to Liverpool vs Arsenal in May 1989.

Omnibus of five parts.

Producer: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in August 1993.