Jess, the daughter of a very traditional British Indian Sikh family, sneaks behind her family's back to join a local women's football team. She helps them advance to the tournament finals, but when her parents find out what she's been doing, her personal life and the fate of the tournament are both thrown into jeopardy. Not only does it cover the usual "underdog sports" story, it also deals with race, culture, gender, and messy British political history.