Footballer Callum Murphy lives the life of riley in Manchester, a city awash with drugs and vice. But the nightclub he's bought in the shadow of the famous Hacienda is rapidly bankrupting him. If he wants to stay on top he's going to have to fix a few matches. Newspaper reporter Victoria Heath knows what Cal's game is but exposing him without proof could end her career. Will she play dirty too and risk everything to take down this charming man? 'The beautiful game is anything but in this unflinchingly gritty but comical tale of football match fixing, sex, drugs and violence. Set in '80s Manchester, it is in yer face, studs up stuff - but you will be left wanting extra time.' The Sun