Fever Pitch Arsenal Obsession The Final Game Anfield 1989

[OscarBravoUSA]

@jovistruck I'm a keen supporter of Manchester United. I haven't seen this film in its entirety, but the English rose at 1:06 could easily make an Arsenal fan out of me.

[MrMcfcdean]

i was at maine road when city was shit in block p of the north stand and aa of the kippax, stood on the kippax aswell ! stood on the kippax at maine road from being a small child. in the 80's. 5-1 charton game in 1985 springs to mind. No glory support here.

[MrMcfcdean]

epic even though i've been a man city supporter for 30 years!

[AndyPhelan]

8 people are Orient fans!

[MadFella90]

And spurs havnt won the epl since.. (No disrespect) i feel like im livining the movie now after 6 long years!!! With the carling cup birmingham game last season (like paul) i thought typical last min!!

Ohh why god was i born in '92...

[Goner2771]

One love <3 ARSENAL <3

[TheYongCTV]

thomas goal was the reason I love arsenal from then on. Gosh it has been 21 years since then.

[jovistruck]

@TheYongCTV Awesome.. the more I know about arsenal,, the more i love it!! i used to be a united fan up until 3 yrs backkk.. but being an arsenal fan is 10x better.. even without the trophiess!! <3 <3 ARSENAL!!

[bsd360]

I remember watching this for the first time with my dad when i was 6. I'd just gone to the toilet just as Thomas was about to score and we had our own "PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL" moment as he shouted for me :) 

[arsenaljsutliffuk]

Why the fuck was i born in 93

[s29865]

i'm just like Paul's friend. always believing until the whistle blows. even when we're losing i, with Arsenal i always believe. that's faith.

[asimplewasteman]

LOL 'I might start supporting a team that never wins , orient or somthing'.

funny how we might lose to them today :S

[mcrudeboi123456789]

The only time a oppsition team outsung the scousers at Anfield we need that support back in the Emirates proud to be a gooner!

[gunnarz2006]

As if us Gooners would drink Holsten Pils lol

[harrylime22]

Shut up Pleat !

I still say that every time I here him.

[riderfanszmul]

The point is that hardcore fans of any sport is awesome and I can relate to the Liverpool fans in this game. The Montreal fans after my heartbreak celebrated the same way as Arsenal in this video.

[riderfanszmul]

Since the game I have been bugged about it to no end and yet it has made me an even bigger fan than I already was and tested my loyalty like nothing else, but this year is our 100th anniversary and we are getting set to win that Grey Cup this year! We are favored to win it all with our team and when we finally bring that Cup home, I will run naked through the streets of my town, with my Rider flag wrapped around my neck, so all my buddies can watch. 2009 Grey Cup to see the devastation I felt.

[riderfanszmul]

Hey guys, I live in Alberta Canada. I am as big a fan of the Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian football team as this guy is of Arsenal. Where I live most people cheer for Edmonton or Calgary, our team has 3 championships in an 8 team league in 100 years of competition. Last year in the title game we led with no time left, got a penalty and the other team got another chance to win, and did so. I damn near killed myself, I was at the game and outside the stadium there was a mini riot.

[DCTopcat]

21 years ago today...

[hilaryduffok]

wow!

colin firth and mark strong!

[SuperZathras]

I consider this one of the best football movies ever. I support Liverpool but to me this movie shows what it means to be a supporter regardless of which team you support. Sure the end from a Liverpool supporter sucks but still the emotions displayed says it all. It shows how great it is to get something that you have wanted for a long time=).

[TangledUpInBlue10]

@SuperZathras Couldn't agree more. A great GREAT film for me!

[ganegar7]

Brian Moore was a Spurs fan. RIP

[95wms]

greatest match of all time!!

[dangerousbusiness07]

Great!!!! absolutly brilliant

[explore1001]

This film is a classic...asked for it to go on ITunes but no luck...its starting to get a while since we won a cup....

[thewirrow]

it's on youtube

[oer6000]

Did anyone else scream with them when the goal went in?

20-odd years on, and its still a glorious moment.

[porbello9]

Brillant :) from a Everton fan

[jayjayswede]

an unbelievable football story... especially if you love arsenal.... like i do... :)

[AllMalt711]

This must be the best feeling you could ever get, whichever team you support. I've been waiting for 30 years now. 7 points ahead mid season but I think we'll blow it again somehow.

[red82Mike]

As a Liverpool fan I was devastated at the time but look back at that night with fondness. This was the when I realised how much the game would mean to me. I was an inconsoleable sobbing seven yr old at the time, but thanks to this it was all the sweeter to me when we took the title back the following yr when I truly understood how much it meant. I'll never forget Brian Moore's brilliant commentary "it's Thomas... charging through the midfield... it's up for grabs noooooooow!" Brilliant!

[mastercooly7]

haha

[xxxharizafcxxx]

well played mate good sportsmanship

we overthrew scum after this and a new dawn is coming again

HEY SCUM .. YOU WATCHIN OUT FOR ARSENAL..!??!

[TheArsenalguru]

@red82Mike lol, very good, i was 5, and an arsenal fan. i remember watching it, and i lived just 5 minutes from highbury, when we won, the streets were a wash or red and white... oh and yellow and blue lol... great day. i feel for liverpool fns, it would kill me to see that happen.

[arbeitsscheuer]

@red82Mike Well said mate. THAT'S what being a football fan is all about.

[BritishBlackOpps]

lol 90:20 all those scousers celebrating o dear

[breadboy05]

everytime i see this clip it just makes me so nice inside...i cant really explain it....wot a game.....an megamurg if ya read this post....thats y i've supported the gooners for over 40 yrs...and the bit where in the last min someone rings the door bell....thats just wot i wud shout out....( i even told my mum to fcuk off on the fone once when she fone me....big appologies after the match, she even sed she forgot a match was on.......again sorry mum..xx)

[BritishBlackOpps]

i went to the everton game at highbury in 1998 when arsenal clinched there 1st title since 1991 and it was brilliant but i wish i was at the 1989 game thou

[Deathugee]

around 5:20 he says that if Liverpool win they will be champions for the 19th time. Was that correct because they won the 1990 league and that was their 18th title wasn't it?

[TheGooners13]

brilliant film. brilliant day. Arsenal till i die. Anfield 89. Legend.

[amkov]

this is greatest moment of arsenals history , and this film should win a grammy !!!!!

arsenal rock

coliun furth is a legend !!!!1

[megamurg]

i waS looking for a baseball pitch arsenal

i dont even like soccer ~(from America)

i watched this whole clip and it captivated me

so i went and rented the movie and its Outstanding just spectacular

[angryadams]

I think the drama is lost in this clip. Probably was the most dramatic ending to a game ever but showing two arsenal fans in their 20s/30s on their own (?) in a flat, one wants to leave...Read the book and Nick Hornby describes it better than this. Poor adaptation to a memorable game.

[eatherden2]

the hair on the back of my neck stands up everytime i watch this

[HsHoOoM522]

ARSENAL THE BEST

[davetherave28]

Love it.

A favourite scene / movie for any true Gooner... I especially like the "Of course it isn't just a f***ing game" scene.

Thanks for the upload !

[breadboy05]

just stumbled ova this lil jem... gr8 seeing it again..... micheal thomas will b a god 4eva after that goal...........

[TheGooners13]

brilliant book. brilliant movie. brilliant moment. we won the league on merseysideeeee.

[newromantic888]

Arsene forever

[jstow01]

No.

[newromantic888]

Yes..............Arsene forever.

[jstow01]

No.

[Enuz01]

Yes.

[jstow01]

No.

[chinzw]

Yes.

[jstow01]

No.

[dommmmo]

i love this scene so much

thomas charging through the mid field its up for grabbs now!

i don't think i will ever forget that and i am only 15

[ephsmmvii]

GOOSEBUMPS! (Or as the Mad one would say goosebubbles) There isn't any other video on earth that gives me the goosebumps this does! Arsenal come streaming forward in surely what must be their last attack.........

[klinsmeier]

I´m a German fan of both VFB Stuttgart and - since Nick Horngy - of ARsenal!

Love their jersey in red-white. And Jens Lehmann is our link.

[CyprusMike]

we need the spirit of 79 and 89 this year!

[Sohemian]

Great book. Shite film.

Up the Gunners!

[gculloty87]

Did Brian Moore re-record his commentary for the film or did they just use the actual commentary from the match?

[pgl0897]

So many of the lines in the scene rank amongst my favourite of all time.

"it's my flat!"

"YEH, WELL YOU TRY GETTIN ME OUT OF IT!"

love it :'o)

"yeah, well

[jitterbugbhoy]

my god, this is dreadful! in so many ways

[pgl0897]

gives me goosebumps every time

[ScottMcDonald27]

"That was it, that was our chance", the most overused phrase from a nervously frustrated football fan! I must say I'm very prone to it myself.

[pgl0897]

Specially when watching The Arsenal

[dazafc]

Fuck me!! I can NEVER see too much of this film! THAT WAS ME, and I suspect, every Gooner in the country at the time! Inbuilt pessimism, that only gets relief after the very final kick, of the last possible pitfall/eventuality!

Born in '72, I wasn't alive when we won the League/Double in '71, was at Wembley in '79 for the FA Cup win over Manu(WE TRIED TO THROW IT!! lol) and to my shame, LEFT THE FUCKING PUB WITH 3 mins TO GO (full of gloating scousers!)... only finding out the score after FT!

[dazafc]

Had a choice... either, RISK the 'impossible'... (second goal, which didn't look like coming!!)... or STILL be inside, for Scousercide!! lol

17 years were WELL WORTH THE WAIT! Wouldn't change it for the world! THAT'S ARSENAL FOR YA! The lows, are LOW!!!! BUT THE HIGHS ARE INSURMOUNTABLE!

Yeah... the wins since have been the Dog's Bollox, and it pisses me off when others insinuate, 'GLORY FAN'. They'll NEVER HAVE SOMETHING AS MONUMENTAL AS THIS THO'!

GooNeR-TIL I FUCKIN' DIE.. THEN SOME!

[jp2007ms]

I think there's a mistake in the commentary - the commentator says around 5:14 that "If it stays this way, Liverpool will be champions for the 19th time". Didn't they win the Championship a year later for the 18th time?

[jstow01]

I had always wondered that myself, but thought surely Brian Moore wouldn't make a mistake like that. But yes, that was definitely an error. Good catch.

[UncleMikeNJ]

So much better than the U.S. version. Then again, I'm a Yankee Fan so I consider that a horror film. The only disappointing thing about the U.K. version is the surprisingly low number of Spurs insults -- just one that I can think of, at the parent-teach conference -- and Paul calls himself an Arsenal fan!

[urchin76]

fair play to the gooners,,,just think 20 years on we will win the title against the spurs,,, god i hope so,,,its been too long now,,,love this film,,,lfc 4eva

[rithompson]

"You want them to score the second before they score the first?"

Classic. My Dad went to this match, arrived late but couldn't see anything!

[SDuff85]

Not even an Arsenal fan but oh my goodness this is incredible.

[timmilew]

best thing ever. This was only the second game I ever watched of Arsenal and since then it's been true love.

"shut up, Pleat"

[andreagrifo]

amazing and touching scene. I'd pay anything to make it happen to my Genoa Cfc, who hasn't been winning Italian League since 1924...

but I think it's impossible

[Bennyboy1985]

Times that by 10, and that will be Liverpool when the mighty Reds win the 08-09 EPL!

[gooner110]

prick whats the EPL! Stick to your baseball and corporate crap, we've got too many japs and tourists in our football already.

[Knighthawk1985]

great Movie !!! can't believe they remade it with the boston red sox for the american market. this version is so much better!!!!!!!

[ccfc73]

tbf, the Red Sox hadn't won the title for almost 90 years.

I thought I knew how obsessed Red Sox fans were. Then I spent a week in Boston during the season they finally won it.

I've also been to England, and trust me: Red Sox fans are just as obsessed as English football supporters.

(this is not giving a judgement either way on the US remake of the film)

Pity the poor Chicago Cubs fans though. An even 100 years and counting since their last World Series title.

[LKGOONER]

Absolutely fantastic. Have watched this so many times and it is still as good each time.

I'll never forget that game. For any Arsenal Fan the end of Fever Pitch is brilliant.

This really is as good as it gets. Anyone who remembers it will alway treasure the moment. Forget about where were you when JFK was shot? This is the most amazing memory

[Creaner1]

fair play to Arsenal,im a Pool fan so particularly in recent years we've come to appreciate a never say die attitude that u showed that night,i heard that Tony Adams said it was the best experience he ever had of opposition fans..hope the gunners have a good year this year..just not as good as us :P best of luck YNWA

[dommmmo]

unbelievable

im 15 and i must have seen this film 50 timtes over

i just wish i was alive

lol

[mjgooner13]

"oh theres my mate micky thomas"

"Shut up mum he's useless"

"Well I like him"

"Shows how much know doesnt it"

hahaha class...absolute legends

[BritishBlackOpps]

imagine all those scousers celebrating lol

[viallimcbeal]

Is this really what it was like on the streets of North London that day? All middle class luvvies gayly jumping about?

This film makes me cringe my arse off. And my Arsenal supporting mates tell me the same thing.

[foley50]

Bitter much?

[viallimcbeal]

About what?

[foley50]

The win.

[viallimcbeal]

No? I couldn't give a shit about the win.

I was commenting on what a cheesy, trite pile of shit the film is.

[foley50]

Well it's not as good as the book, but when ever is a film better than the book it's based on?

[ArsCosmo]

Jesus Paul, you need medical help :D

[thekennelman]

Still gives me the willies every time I see this. We've won games, championships, cups, and even doubles since: but I wonder whether we've ever known a greater day than this?

[BritishBlackOpps]

lol would u please plaese please fuckin fuck off lmfao lol

[seanjk6]

hahaha "shut up plete!"

GREATEST MOMENT EVER TO HAPPEN ANYWHERE TO ANYTHING EVER! shake like a shittin dog when Thomas gets that ball, every time i see it!

[andymacleod81]

Its like a flashback in my own life I was 34 at the time sitting in my flat with my friend watching the game, the frustration and the Joy are still as fresh is my mind today as they were that night........Its up for grabs now, Thomas, Right at the end

[birKOoOo]

Brilliant!!! I am absolutely getting the new away kit!!! This is definitely one of the greatest gooners moments!! I don't remember it....I was BORN in 1989! :] However it gives me goosebumps!!! A wonderful piece of the great history of a GREAT club!!! Gooners Forever!!! And let the future be even greater!! :]

[ollij108]

What a moment in Arsenal history!

[ollij108]

Hey gooners, 2009 is the 20th anniversary, maybe something great will happen May next year...

[CZescy]

me too!!

[Warthog1976]

Almost 20 years on this moment in arsenal history still gibves me goosebumps!

[steveo1622]

Chelsea fan here.Absolutely love this film,reminds me of my old man taking me to my 1st game,taking the ex missus in the shed.I am Colin Firth in my support(never the optimist).If Chelsea don't win the league then rather you boys than the fucking Mancs or dippers.Btw,i've posted the whole mike bassett england manager movie if u fancy a giggle.

[dirtydan98]

damn right. blackburn fan here and i can relate to all that.

[Steveoqotsa]

The steveo1622 comment still applies but got suspended,Bassett now on my new channel.Good luck this season the Arse,if not us then you

[hany259]

LMFAO AT 6:56

[akenny01]

Love this film

GOONER FOR LIFE

[zambezefergus]

tottally wiked man

dats da gunnerz dis season, but no close cutz lyk dat, a no back passes to da keeper lol

[luke864]

liverpool aint going to win the prem for a long time!!!!!!!!!! jogg liverpool jogg on

[badboyshank666]

luke wets the bed still , and 5 time champions kid xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxx

[luke864]

badboyshank666 is a shitter!!!!!! u gonna get smashed next season!!!!!!

[arsenal2death]

its up grabs now!!!!!!!!!!

[luke864]

yeaaaaaaaaaaah love it whats funny,liverpool hasnt won the premiership!!!! u are going to say champions leauge bla bla, but in the preiership is harder to win than the champions leauge!!!! need abit of luck to wi it.....so liverpool kiss my ass............

[badboyshank666]

luke864 is a blagger and sucks donkey dick

[GMC11LFC]

Liverpool FC 18 Times

[jstow01]

wot?

[GhostsofHashashin]

18 Times and never a sniff again ever since Arsenal 'robbed' you Scouse twats.

[GMC11LFC]

Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal FA Cup final! Robbed use!

Liverpool 4-2 Arsenal Champions League Robbed Again!

18 Times - 5 Times LFC

[deanboyle]

We won it the season after this ya thick dickhead

[erikwinner]

Can you please please please just fuckin fuck of!

[Grooverfc]

Arsenal !

[topicaltyrant]

Before my time as an Arsenal supporter unfortunately and even before I a day where I could speak, but that moment still gives me goosebumps every single time. Unbelievable.

[OSLAINTE123]

I watched that game,,, bloddy class...

[KingsLynnGooner]

Wish I was born for this.

[erikwinner]

Banks save, Baggios miss, Zidanes head, Man Us corners, Maradonas goal, Hursts "was it a goal?", Rossis "run of joy", Bergkamps goal, Salenkos five, if you're in to football you know what i mean. All these are called biggest moment in the beatiful game.

But fore me it's no doubt, this is "THE BIGGEST MOMENT IN SPORT!"

[Doniedaff]

Good film, even though as a Liverpool fan, that's a sickener.

[roversrule87]

brilliant movie. coming from a blackburn fan but i can relate to all of it.

[manchead]

who the fuck cast colin posh boy Firth as a football fan not convincing

[MarkB1ngham]

I'll never forget the sperz invading the QPR plastic pitch(they just lost 3-0) celebrating, slightly prematuely,Arsenal blowing the championship after the Derby County game :) "eff off Pleat"

[rasskali]

What a load of rubbish. This goal was miles offside and should never of stood. YID ARMY!!!

[MaverickAbruzzi]

What a load of rubbish= Sp*rs

A lot has happened since you last won the league, things like colour tv being invented!

Forever in our Shadow

[ollij108]

well it did stand and there's nothing you can do about it!

[leedsy]

I miss the east stand!

WE'RE THE EAST STAND WE'RE THE EAST STAND WE'RE THE EAST STAND OF HIGHBURY

[Jonnylegg]

See us bringing out flowers for comiserations, shows we are a proper club.

[DoctorOKO]

What it is to be a GOONER. :D

[roversrule87]

what a game, great movie too.

[nosoup4u64]

Will you please, please, please, please, please, just fucking fuck off!

[samuigooner]

fantastic. nearly repeated it on wed, but for dodgy ref

[telle19]

How could it possibly wasn't a penalty? Babel was tugged back by Fabregas as he went into the box and was then knocked off his feet by Toure.

[samuigooner]

if he was pulled back by fabregas it was only a free kick not a penalty,& toure was trying to get out of the way a babel crashed into him. I supose he could have said beam me up scotty and vanished ?

[samuigooner]

if he was pulled back by fabregas it was only a free kick not a penalty,& toure was trying to get out of the way a babel crashed into him. I supose he could have said beam me up scotty and vanished ?

[MarkB1ngham]

Does telle think the Dirk Kuyt challenge at the Emirates was a penalty? I hope Toure appeals the yellow card and Babel gets one retrospectively and misses the Chelski semi.

[samuigooner]

been a gooner all of my life.since brum match had no luck whatsoever, rafa alucky manager , we deserved to win chelsea, pool, and manure, no justice but maybe next season we will get the luck as long as we still play the best footy in the premi

[rossluvsarsenal]

oooh i luv this match

[rockers6192]

gr8 vid.....loved it

[rockers6192]

gr8 vid......loved it

[flanatron]

Oh shut up Pleat!

[MarkB1ngham]

Nick Hornby is like Shakespeare ...he can't really write comedy, but he did give me a mention in 'Fever Pitch' I'm the "nutter" he avoided on the Northbank , I think. It was like the Kennedy assassination, Nostrodamus always remebered where he was when he predicted Arsenal winning the title at Anfield.Like a nutter I went to Trafalgar Square to celebrate that night...there was no-one there!