"My school report summed up my whole life - 'could do better' - with my social and sporting life running along disappointingly parallel lines. But my fortunes were about to change..."

It's the late 1960s in football-obsessed West Lothian, Scotland. During a unique Scottish schools cup run, 'Cheetah', a small, introverted teenager, finds he is in fact blessed with natural speed and stubborn determination.

???????Against an epic soundtrack, his on-off relationship with the luscious Lexy and interactions with many poignant and influential characters - from teachers to comic book heroes, girlfriends to professional footballers - we join him on his extraordinary coming of age journey.