Fever Pitch Fever Pitch Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: "Fever Pitch" (1997, UK) and "Fever Pitch" (2005, U.S.). The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", but later paperback editions were not. "Fever Pitch", first published in 1992, is Hornby's first novel. It tells the story of the author's relationship with football and with Arsenal Football Club, in particular. It consists of several chapters in chronological order, from the time the author first became a football fan as a child until his early thirties.
Tom Watt (actor) theatre and stage roles. Most notably, he starred in the one-man show "Fever Pitch", based on the Nick Hornby novel of the same name. In 2014 he started working on a local crowdfunded spy thriller in Torrevieja, Spain, released in 2017. After leaving "EastEnders", Watt combined acting with his second passion, football, by becoming a sports journalist. He has presented for Channel 4, Radio 1, Radio 3, Radio 5 Live, talkSPORT, and cable TV. He has recently written, presented and produced several documentaries about football for BT Sport Films, including the 'Football Outposts' series. Until recently, he featured regularly on