A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.

John Gordon Sinclair
as Gregory

Dee Hepburn
as Dorothy

Clare Grogan
as Susan

Jake D'Arcy
as Phil Menzies

Chic Murray
as Headmaster

Alex Norton
as Alec

John Bett
as Alistair

Dave Anderson
as Gregory's Dad

Robert Buchanan
as Andy

Alan Love
as Eric
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John Gordon Sinclair got a BAFTA nomination for his efforts here in 1981 before the film went on to take the best screenplay honour in 1982 - and it's his charming effort as the lovestruck, geeky, teenager from Cumbernauld that endures even now. He is the eponymous lad who isn't on form with the sch...