Warriors - a screenplay

Set in the turmoil of inner-city Liverpool in the late '70's - Liverpool FC have just won the League and the European Cup. Around this setting an under-14s street team; 'The Walton Industrial Estate Warriors FC', are kicked out of their local league for violence and misconduct. At the same time, a local branch of the Air Cadets find themselves in the fifth round of the 'Air Training Corps Cup'. A plan is hatched between 17yr old cadet sergeant, 'Winnie' Churchill, and the Warriors manager; a middle-aged likable idiot known as 'Bus-Pass', to recruit the team to play as mercenaries in the cup competition.
This is the story of the 'Warriors' cup run, as told by Joey, now forty two, who as a 13 yr old in 1977, wore the captains armband of 'The Walton Industrial Estate Warriors F.C.'

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