- The Dundee Hurricanes haven't won in two years, the film follows the culture clash between the American players and their Scottish counterparts as they strive for success. All the while trying to juggle work, family, injuries and the game.
- Grid-Iron the most popular sport in American played from the east coast to west coast & Dundee, Scotland? The Dundee Hurricanes are an amateur American football who haven't won a game in 2 years & officially the worst team in Britain. They have rising costs to keep the club afloat and the team are struggling to retain and recruit players last season they were close to the brink and almost called it a day. The new Season finds the club with a new coaching team. Player/Coach Fraser Thomason, who has played with the team for over 15 years who will stop at nothing to get the team back to winning ways. The new season finds them with a new-found optimism and believe they can turn things around. They only thing in the way, everyday life. Jobs, Injuries, family, commitments. Some of the players live and breathe football it's a way of life a mind-set everything comes second including their health, family & jobs. Craig Blacklaw is one of these players, who works long hours as police and officer and runs a business making cheesecakes, who still finds team to workout and play football up to 40 hours a week, this is led to problems in his marriage what is more important the game or family? There are a group of Americans in the team, who can't believe they have a second chance to play the game there were brought up with. In America, football is part of their cultural identity and is like a religion to them. Jason is from Arizona where the whole town would stop just a high school football game, similarly it's such a big deal to Kenneth and his family that his dad will fly out from America to see him play for the first time since High School. In contrast to this devotion to the game, some of the Scottish players don't even turn up for practice. This creates conflict in the team as some of the Scottish players do not take it as seriously as the Americans. It's more for the social and physical-fitness aspect of the game. Some of them merely see the game as a hobby, which unfortunately for some has already resulted in serious concussions and broken bones. Kris Gibson is 5ft 6½ and loves the game but it doesn't love him, he's had over 10 concussions playing but is still determined to find success in his final season playing for the team, is the health risk worth it?? This film gives you an intimate insight into the players and coaches' passion for the game and how they try to juggle life with struggling to keep the team alive.
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