gregory underwood (john gordon sinclair) is an awkward teenager who plays in his school football team. they are not doing very well, so the coach (jake d'arcy) holds a trial to find new players. dorothy (dee hepburn) shows up and, despite the coach's sexist misgivings, proves to be a very good player. she subsequently takes gregory's place as centre forward, and gregory in turn replaces his friend andy (robert buchanan) as goalkeeper.