Luke Farrell, the talented young football star of the Stretford Enders team, starts the new season with high hopes after the disappointment of not being selected to play for Everton (Stretford Enders Away).
Each year, City FC - known as 'the Hawks' - take on a group of thirteen-year-olds for the first tier of their special soccer school: training sessions in the evenings and weekends for truly talented players who are aiming to become professional players.
Michael, Hannah, Tom and the other seven to eight-year-olds in their class are all totally soccer mad - and new-boy Jonty fits right in when he turns up on his first day, bouncing a football!
Six months of competition have led up to this moment - the moment when two captains lead out their teams for the biggest match of all in the season: the County Cup Final.
The Quarter Champions of the North and the West are about to clash in the two-legged, semi-finals of the County Cup - the trophy every player wants to lift!
The Quarter Champions of the South and the East are about to clash in the two-legged semi-finals of the County Cup - the trophy every player wants to lift!
The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Flint) when their hired deckhand tells them a tale of his younger days - a tale to set pulses racing and hopes shooting sky high.
John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one.
John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates.
Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the cruiser is searching high and low for him - even offering a reward.
Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China.
Two action-packed tales from the popular Soccer Mad series:-SOCCER MAD - Luke faces a tough challenge when the first-round draw for the Sunday League Cup is announced - and the Swifts are up against the league stars.
