When her father dies, Chrissie Buchan (Patricia Kerrigan) inherits the position of manager of Real Falkirk – his Subbuteo football team.
While Chrissie is determined to follow in the footsteps of her father, Billy (“the Bill Shankly of table football”), new player-manager Sam Montgomery (Alec Heggie) is a dyed in the wool misogynist who will stop at nothing to stop Chrissie. Sam even hides Billy’s best player, Charlie Nicholas (identifiable by his earring), in an attempt to thwart Chrissie.
She finds Charlie in time, beats an established squad member, and is thus able to claim her place in the team built up by her father to be the most feared in Britain.
But there will be many obstacles on the path to the British Subbuteo Final – not least a team of existentialists from Chelsea captained by one Jean-Paul Witherspoon.
This six-part miniseries was produced by BBC Scotland and directed by Jim Hill. Four of the six episodes were written by Julie Welch, formerly football correspondent with The Observer. It aired on Fridays at 9.30 pm on BBC1.
Chrissie Buchan
Patricia Kerrigan Sam Montgomery
Alec Heggie Dougie Kemp
Jake D’Arcy Mo Maconachie
Iain Andrew Bern McAvennie
David Meldrum Toni Rossi
Lawrie McNicol Perry Gilbert-Walker
Sandy Welch Agnes Buchan
Anne Kristen Teresa Kelly
Juliet Cadzow Suzy Gilbert-Walker
Grace Glover June Maconachie
Libby McArthur Elton Trelford
Michael Garner Dennis
Harry Jones Big Bob
Sean Scanlan McIntosh
Paul Young Willie
Johnny Irving Gladys
Nancy Mitchell Harry Milburn
Harry Herring Roderick Ferris
Billy Fellows Duncan Drysdale
Stuart Bishop
