Fever Pitch Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Nick’s defining personality trait
  2. 5. Extreme emotional loyalty to a team
  3. 8. Arsenal’s manager during the 1989 season
  4. 9. Games played at Highbury
  5. 10. Symbol of fan identity
  6. 12. Violent fan culture Nick observes
  7. 14. Belief in the team despite logic
  8. 17. Nick’s obsession with numbers and results
  9. 18. Period when Nick first falls in love with football
  10. 20. Arsenal’s main rival in the final match
  11. 22. Rare but powerful feeling after victories
  12. 23. Belief that behavior affects match results
  13. 24. Phase where fandom intensifies emotionally
  14. 27. Author and narrator of the memoir
  15. 29. Meaning Nick finds in the 1989 win
  16. 31. Feeling football gives Nick
  17. 34. Nick’s lifelong roll
  18. 35. club Nick supports obsessively
  19. 38. Family event that deepens Nick’s fandom
  20. 39. Shaped by supporting Arsenal
  21. 40. Central obsession shaping Nick’s life
  22. 41. Strained by Nick’s football obsession
  23. 42. Common feeling of supporting Arsenal
  24. 44. Region where Arsenal is based
Down
  1. 1. University Nick attends
  2. 2. Scorer of the last-minute title-winning goal
  3. 4. Bond among Arsenal supporters
  4. 6. Matches Nick travels to watch
  5. 7. Title referencing intense obsession and climax
  6. 11. Scheduled matches that shape Nick’s calendar
  7. 13. Football organizes Nick’s life experiences
  8. 15. Explored through football culture
  9. 16. Match-day routines Nick follows
  10. 19. Shared suffering of fandom
  11. 21. Trophy Arsenal wins in dramatic fashion
  12. 25. Songs sung by supporters
  13. 26. Collective emotional experience
  14. 28. Arsenal’s historic home stadium
  15. 30. Country where the story takes place
  16. 32. eighty nine Year of Arsenal’s dramatic title win
  17. 33. Genre of the book
  18. 36. How Nick describes fandom
  19. 37. Stadium where the 1989 title was decided
  20. 43. Emotion that keeps Nick loyal