Whether he writes a drama about it, however, remains to be seen!
Season ticket holder Tony is a big fan of the current manager, and, as you might expect from a writer, has an eloquent way of expressing it.
"Since Alan Pardew has come I think it has been what Jesus did to Lazarus; he has filled the club full of hope," says Tony.
"I am enjoying the whole experience; we have gone through quite a few of disasters on and off the pitch, somehow, and suddenly Alan seems to be giving the club such a lift.
"It seems single handed but I am sure it is with a lot of support; there is a real lift, hope, and determination, and I am just hoping he stays with us and we can repay him.
"Last season it was very much a case that if someone scored it was a case of 'look at me, look at me' and this season it really feels like it is 'look at us' - we are a team.
"You look at when Harewood scored the other day and him and Anton were doing that dance, and it does feel for the first time in a long time they are a team.
"I am hopeful we will go up this year; if we don't nick an automatic place, I think we will go into the play-offs.
"With Pardew anything is possible!"
A quick, if totally unscientific, poll, puts Tony at about number 12 in the fame stakes amongst West Ham fans, and he smiles:
"If I kill Ray Winstone and Perry Fenwick that puts me in the top 10..."
And so to Family Business, featuring the hallowed stadium looking resplendent.
What gives?
"It features an old West Ham footballer who played in the '58 division two winning team - obviously he is fictional, played by George Cole," says Tony, revealing the plot.
"Jamie Pullman's character is doing a job in his house, clearing out some stuff, and finds a winners' medal.
"He discovers this old boy had played for West Ham and hadn't been back to the ground since the early sixties.
"He explains what has happened to the ground and can't believe that there is a hotel there, so he takes him along."
it is not the first time Tony has worked West Ham effortlessly into one of his dramas.
"It is fantastic working West Ham into a script, but I have done it on a few jobs now, such as on a film called Our Boy with Ray Winstone.
"That was shot in the flats looking over Upton Park.
"I did another film called Last Christmas which was also about West Ham, and my first ever job was a series on ITV called Gone To The Dogs with Jim Broadbent and Warren Clarke.
"Warren had this video supermarket and had a celebrity opening so I got Geoff Hurst, Bobby Moore, and Martin Peters to come and open it.
"My first big job had those three there so I got to meet them, and it was fantastic."
So, is Tony a tortured artist, never seeing daylight from one day to the next as he feverishly concocts his next masterpiece?
The answer is yes and no, as he explains.
"I write for about six months and I direct for about six months so the year is quite divided up.
"The writing process for Family Business lasted about a year, with six months filming, so it is a nice mix.
"I am quite disciplined; I get up at about seven or eight into the office and am there for a good 12 or 14 hours.
"I come out in between and take the kids to school or whatever but it is hard work.
"It is like footballers training; it doesn't just happen, it comes through hard work and determination.
"You might have the ability but it is all about honing your skills."
Tony is already close to completing a new work, and he adds:
"You have to move on to the next thing and although Family Business is airing now we are already filming something I have been writing for the last six months on 29th February.
"It is a project called When I'm 64, a BBC 2 film, starring Alun Armstrong, Jason Fleming, and Paul Freeman, about a relationship between a father and his son, and I think it will come on in the summer.
"I tend never to watch my stuff once it has been on - that is it, I am thinking about the next job."
While his work is all about portraying reality, or a version of it at least, he admits his career is unusual.
"It is a weird job, not like anyone else's, and I tend to tell people I meet that I am a roofer because it is a lot less explanation!"
* Family Business, 9pm tonight and the next four weeks, BBC1.