Sam is an ace footballer, always 'on the ball' literally when he is goal keeper, but he is considerably less than pleased when, after being made man of the match at their latest fixture, the Southfield coach announces that Sam must write the report of the game and read it at Assembly the following week. Sam has been diagnosed as dyslexic, and the last thing he wants to do is write anything. When Sam misses school on the day he is supposed to read his report in Assembly, partly do to being ill at the thought of presenting the report, the coach banns him from further play. His teammates are horrified, but Josh, who has always bullied Sam, is so rude that Sam almost starts a fight with him. The next Saturday, when the team arrives on the pitch, they find that the goalposts have been wrecked by vandals yet again, and they must face their opposition on much larger goals intended for the bigger lads at school. This does not go well, and they are soundly beaten, partly because the lad playing goal for Southmead is too small to cope with the much higher and wider bars. Sam is so incensed by this, that he decides to design his own idea of permanent metal posts that no one can vandalise. This he does with the help of his dad, and they make excellent portable and extendable ones that can be used with any size of person using them. Meanwhile, Sam's dad has gone to the school Head to explain that his son has been properly diagnosed as dyslexic; he wants the school to provide proper help to the dyslexic children. She explains that there is no money from the Authority to provide such. When the next game is played, Sam now re-instated as goalie, the two teams play on the new goals - only Sam has made a mistake in his calculations and one of the sides is bigger than the other. The other team is not happy about this, but as both teams will end up playing on the larger goal, the game is allowed to go on. In a very exciting finish in the rain, Southmead manages a draw and are very pleased. The Head also tells Sam that money has been found for the dyslexic kids to have special help, so all seems set fair. This book, made even more exciting by its comic book style and realistic graphics, will be loved by all football mad kids, even those who may have problems with reading. Great stuff!