SYNOPSIS

Young Dubliner Shane has longed to play for his dream football club in the Premiere League. So when he is spotted by English scouts he makes the decision at a very young age to leave his family home in Dublin to follow his goal.

This is the story of what happens when brilliant young footballers, in their early teens, who train for years with a club only to see their glittering football career slip from their grasp at the last minute. What happens when you have to go back home and pick up the pieces?

WRITER

Dermot Bolger
Award winning writer, Dermot Bolger, has been at the heart of the new wave of Irish writers. His novels include: The Family on Paradise Pier (2005), The Valparaiso Voyage, Temptation, Father’s Music and The Journey Home.
Dermot’s plays include: The Lament of Arthur Cleary and In High Germany.
Dermot devised and edited the highly acclaimed Finbar’s Hotel and its sequel Ladies Night at Finbar’s Hotel (which he adapted for Radio 4). Dermot is a regular contributor to Radio 4.

CAST:

Shane: PAUL REID (Love is the Drug, Rules of the Game)
Coach: DANNY WEBB (Shackleton, Aliens III, Henry V)
Father: GERRY O’BRIEN (Pirates of the Caribbean II, Breakfast at Pluto, King Arthur)
Mother: MARION O’DWYER (Angus Browne, Ballykissangel, The Love Saboteur
Mrs. Williams: LYNDA BARON (Down to Earth, Fat Friends)
Eddie: PAT LAFFAN (Intermission, The Great Ceili War, On Home Ground)
Liam: MICHAEL RAWLEY (Angela’s Ashes, Disco Pigs)
Sharon: AILISH SYMONS (Bachelor’s Walk, Starfish)
Michael: BRIAN ROCHE (Custer’s Last Stand-up, The Barrel Brothers)
Irish Youth Manager: SEAN CRUMMEY(Folks on the Hill, BBC Northern Ireland)