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...