'We play and are played, and all we can aim for is to do so in style.' Football has arrived in Ankh-Morpork, the old city. And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football game without utilising magic... so they're willing to attempt everything. To accomplish this, they assemble an odd cast of characters: Trev, a street urchin with a knack for kicking a tin can; Glenda, the night chef who makes a mean pie; Juliet, the kitchen hand turned world's greatest fashion model; and the mysterious Mr Nutt, who has something powerful and dark hidden within him... And the thing about football - the crucial thing about football - is that it is about more than simply sport.