1975. Eight year old John Sissons watches his beloved West Ham win the FA cup just as his friend Kenny tumbles out the front door of the house opposite, blood all over his face. Fourteen years later we find both boys - their childhoods ripped apart by the unforgiving streets of London's East End - in a showdown with local gangster Ronnie Swordfish.
The stakes couldn't be higher and the decisions they make might just cast a shadow over their lives...