The irascible manager of a lower-division Scottish football side must contend with problems off and on the field when his team's impatient American owner demands they win the Scottish Cup or else be relocated to Ireland, while also dealing with the forced arrival of a new star striker - who happens to be his estranged son-in-law, whom he blames for the breakdown of his relationship with his daughter.

Ted Watson suffers from social anxiety and uses his piano for comfort. His teacher, Ms Wilson helps him face his fears to attempt to make more of his future to make his father proud.