A struggling football manager faces mounting pressure as his team prepares for a crucial Chelsea Cup tie, while political tensions simmer in the background as the nation heads toward a general election. With his position hanging by a thread and only a decent Cup run keeping him afloat, Charlie Gordon must determine which of his players are artists and which are assassins—and whether they can withstand the mounting strain. As the stakes rise both on and off the pitch, the worlds of sport and politics collide in unexpected ways.
