![]() “… So please, be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever. ![]() An added benefit is the chance to share this experience on a communal level. Along with all the pain, it allows us a chance to dream of the impossible, of the unattainable, and retain the hope that anything can happen, and does happen, more often than we could dare to wish for. Sport has the potential for those magical, indelible moments. It is our basic need to yearn for a pure, unadulterated form of emotion, the likes of which are rarely encountered in a mundane, routine life. Why then this meek acceptance when it comes to football? (Or any sport for that matter?) I personally think it’s about quality and intensity. Since it is impossible to emotionally detach from your team, there is a hapless resignation when we leave ourselves open to a life-time of hurt, heartache and deep depression the exact kind we might be running away from in our day-to-day reality. Hornby talks about how Arsenal helped him deal with the divorce of his parents, and how later when it irretrievably became entangled with his life, it became his haven, his escape from the real world. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby is by far one of the best books I’ve ever read about football, and one of its many interesting aspects is the writer’s willingness to lay bare his obsession and discuss what it really means to be a fan. ![]()
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