A resourceful but under-funded soccer team is established by players in their early teens, living in a working-class area of Fremantle. With the assistance of their coach (a former soccer star) and team manager, they struggle against better-financed teams in the Junior League competition.
According to Moran in his Guide to Australian TV Series, 'The young cast was mainly drawn from Fremantle schools and all had played soccer, though few had any acting experience'.