Booze, anger, depression, could the solution to all these ills be a load of balls?

Ex-Tottenham player and former alcoholic Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock thinks so. He plans to build a football team, hand-picked from 17 dysfunctional geezers, each trying to combat his own personal demons.

Alongside Justin Edinburgh, Razor’s former Spurs colleague, fitness trainer Angie Dowds, nutritionist Dr Adam Carey and sports psychologist Keith Power, Neil plans to drill these problematic footie fanatics into a fully functioning squad. Each episode will also feature famous footballers, like Irish international Dean Kiely and ex-England players Paul Walsh and Luther Blissett, who’ll be on hand for training and advice.

At the start of the series, the lads will live together at a football boot camp, learning the basics while attempting to gel together as a viable football force. Once the camp is complete, they’ll meet for training and matches, while video diaries will keep an eye on their training schedules as well as diet or drinking regimes.

In the final 90-minute episode, they’ll face a team made up from much-loved legends from soccer’s past. All that the men have learnt so far will be put to the test in what promises to be the biggest challenge of their lives.