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Fever Pitch Page #5
- R
- Year:
- 1997
- 102 min
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Having a kid's a brilliant idea.
It wasn't really an idea.
It might as well have been.
It's perfect.
It's not just the baby.
It's, you know,
it's you as well.
I think we're good together.
I thought I was
Miss Jean Brodie.
I was wrong.
I've been thinking about this.
You're George Graham.
The Arsenal manager.
And that's good, is it?
It's brilliant.
You're careful and organised
and methodical and all that.
That's why we work.
I need somebody like that.
And you need somebody
like me...
Work well as a team.
Not even as a team, as a club.
Paul, you do talk
some terrible nonsense.
It's not. It's the truth.
It's all working out.
Wife and baby, that'll do me.
Who said anything about a wife?
We'd want to do it
properly, wouldn't we?
Liam? If it's a boy.
The greatest Arsenal player ever
but it's a nice name.
Better apply for the job.
What job?
Rosie's Head of Year
job. I said no -
but now, brilliant.
Perfect timing.
We'll need a bit more money
'cause we'll need a house.
- Paul...
- Ted'll be pleased, anyway.
- Liam, brilliant.
- Paul...
We could live near the ground.
It's cheap 'cause no-one
wants a football stadium
on their doorstep.
I'd pay extra
but we won't tell
the estate agent.
Mortgage, wife, kid - cool.
Paul, none of this is real.
You're behaving
like a little kid.
I've been impregnated
by a 12-year-old!
Oh, thanks.
Thanks very much.
Sorry about that.
No problem, sir.
Sorry, you were saying?
Paul, this is exactly
what I mean.
That was just a one-off.
Never happened before.
I promise it won't be
Paul...
I haven't made up my mind
what I'm doing about this yet.
Do you understand?
Yes.
No, not really.
I can't see this working out.
- It's my last chance.
- Don't be silly.
It's just what it feels like.
Are you prepared
to be a one-parent family?
I think if we go
through with this,
one of us is gonna have to be.
No, it'll be brilliant.
I don't think I've been
since George Eastham
was in the team.
Before my time.
He was a lovely player.
The sort you don't get
any more.
Languid and thoughtful
and elegant.
You should come
and watch Tony Adams.
How can I help, anyway?
I changed my mind about
that Head of Year job,
if it's not too late.
No. No, excellent.
I'm very pleased.
I've had a couple
of applications
but I'd be glad
to add your name.
Thank you.
Any particular reason
for the change of mind?
There is, actually, yes.
Er, Miss, um...
Well, Miss Hughes is pregnant.
Sarah Hughes? History?
Yes, yes, of course.
Um... Well, I didn't, um...
I mean, she...
How does this affect you?
Sorry, no. I left a bit out.
I'm the father.
I should've told you that
straight away, shouldn't I?
Anyway, yes,
we're having a baby.
I haven't heard this from her.
You're hearing it
from me, now.
Sorry, Paul,
I can't share your joy.
Sarah's been
with us five minutes
and a member of staff
has knocked her up!
I'm intending
to marry her and everything.
We won't embarrass the school.
You already have
embarrassed the school!
How on earth are we
supposed to talk to kids
about responsibility
and contraception
and... and the rest of it
when the staff themselves...
Words fail me!
- I thought you'd be pleased.
- About what?
The clandestine affair?
The accidental pregnancy?
Not those bits, maybe,
but me applying for the job.
That's good, isn't it?
Are you a complete fool, Paul?
I'll talk to you later.
Yeah, OK, OK.
Calm down.
I want you to take
your foot off the gas
in the second half.
What's the fun
of beating a team
15 or 20-nil?
It's brilliant fun!
All right.
Just take it easy, eh?
You're like vultures.
Now go on!
Come on, lads!
Oh, hi.
We're winning 8-nil.
Er, 9-nil.
Calm down!
Are you a complete fool?
You've been to see Ted.
He's not best pleased with us.
Who else are you
gonna tell? The kids?
We could recreate
what we did in assembly.
Find the Durex that split
and bring it in.
I could lose my job!
They can't sack you
for getting pregnant.
I haven't been here
long enough for maternity leave.
The union'll help.
None of this is the point, Paul.
The point is...
How many times have I told you
about playing to the whistle?
Call me later, OK?
See, if we...
F***! F***! F***!
Come on, you useless shower!
This lot are crap -
get stuck in!
I'm not a psychologist...
but I'd suggest
that taking up smoking
the week you find out
you're pregnant
indicates a certain ambivalence
towards the pregnancy
on your part.
He's given up.
- Paul?!
- Mm-hm.
Mr First Thing in the Morning?
Yeah. We're both making it
clear where we stand.
and he's given everything up.
This is horrible.
I don't care how much
damage it's doing to me.
So if everything's as bad
as you make out,
how come you're not applying
for jobs in... Pitlochry?
I know Paul's gone
completely mad.
I know, I know, I know.
It's just that it kind of
rubs off on you somehow.
It makes a difference
- to how you think about things.
- Like?
Like today, right?
I want us to win.
- With you so far.
- I think we will.
Home to Norwich,
you'd usually predict
two-nil defeat.
Nil-nil if you was
on top of the world.
If we don't, it's not
the end of the world.
Four games left.
twelve points to be won.
That's not what I mean.
If we don't win the League,
I'll cope because
of Sarah and the baby.
When you've got
nothing else going on,
Arsenal fill all the gaps.
You end up getting in a state
about losing to Spurs
getting in a state
about yourself.
But we will win today.
Sun's out,
I'm gonna be a father,
Alan Smith's back.
Five-nil, no trouble.
Let's go.
'George Graham off the bench
disappointed Dave Stringer.
'Norwich know their
Championship challenge
'has evaporated.
'Arsenal's is very much
'Arsenal five, Norwich City nil.
'Alan Smith the man of the match
'with two goals,
'one of them
a splendid effort... '
Everything's happening at once
and it's brilliant.
Stick with me.
No way we won't win the League.
It's all you, is it?
Nothing to do
with George, Smithy, Rocky
You never get
feelings like that?
I felt brilliant the day
we got knocked out
of the League by Walsall.
Got a pay rise,
got off with Caroline Walsh
the night before.
Fat lot of f***ing notice
this lot took.
Some of us have it,
some of us haven't.
You must've had
a shitty life for 18 years.
I haven't had it all the time
but I've got it
this season in spades.
Did you go?
Yeah. We were great, weren't we?
Can I have a quick word?
We're just talking
about the rout of Norwich.
Yes, saw it on TV.
Very impressive.
It's good
that Alan Smith's back.
Yeah. Run along, Robert.
I had a word with the Governors.
They'll be happy
to interview you
for Head of Year.
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