Set in inner-city Leicester, England, and shot through with humour and heart, Singh: Number 7 follows local lad Jasdeep Singh as he faces down the obstacles that stand between him and a childhood passion. None may be harder to overcome than the barriers he places in his own path, but once he prevails over his doubts, he has a whole world of prejudice to face - and defeat.

SYNOPSIS:

Jasdeep Singh is 9 years old and he’s being taken to his first football match. His walls are already covered in posters, pennants, but this is his first time at a real match. He couldn’t be more excited.

At the match, he and his father are accosted by a drunken, racist fan, and Jasdeep sees the ugly side of the beautiful game for the first time.

It doesn’t stop him though.

14 years later, Jasdeep is 23, on the pitch for the local Sunday league. He’s got the goods, but he’s angry - frustrated, all too ready to fight just about anyone. He quickly gets into a scuffle on the pitch, leading to a gentle talking-to from his best friend Steve. A talking-to that is almost immediately undone by another racist ‘supporter’.

Jasdeep calls his girlfriend Abbie, a medical student, and commiserates about the match. They clearly have a close relationship, but there’s tension. They’re both overworked and it’s killing time for togetherness.

Back home Mr. and Mrs. Singh are preparing for the departure of their eldest Amreek and his new bride Raja, putting more pressure on Jas to grow up, concentrate on university and make a life for himself. He’s 23 now - too old for the football dream.

A conversation with his older brother has Jasdeep doubting his future plans when he gets news that a local side, Saffron Lane FC, recently and surprisingly qualified for the first round of the FA Cup, is holding trials for new players.

Meanwhile, Abbie is under pressures of her own, when a doctor on her placement, Dennison, starts showing her rather too much attention.

Jasdeep arrives for the trials nervous but determined. His cousin Sanjay is already on the team, causing some friction over whether there’s room for both of them.

On the pitch though, he’s on fire - if self-involved. He leaves not knowing whether he’s made it.

Sara, Abbie’s best friend, tries to get her to open up about what’s going on at work, but she’s not ready. She’s also not ready for the confused Jasdeep to ask for some space. Or for Dennison to ratchet up his harassment to the next level.

Jasdeep gets the news that he’s made the SLFC team, signing his contract - in a deeply underwhelming ceremony - just in time to sit on the bench for the first round of the FA Cup.

Nothing is going quite as planned. He gets into play for the second round game, when Fuller, his angry, racist and unfortunately talented teammate is injured. But he’s out of his element, thrown by the higher stakes. When the games erupts into racist chanting, Jasdeep is totally demoralised. It’s a tight win, but it feels like a loss.

Tensions in the team run hot, until one night, as they drink and await the next round draw, a fight breaks out, instigated by Fuller. It’s halted, but later Sanjay is attacked and hospitalised. It’s Fuller and his crew, but nobody can prove it.

On top of that, Jasdeep gets news that he’s failed the exams for his university course, a course he’d been neglecting.

Abbie makes the difficult decision to take her complaints about Dennison to the hospital, but she isn’t prepared to be Jasdeep’s second choice.

Jasdeep goes into the third round FA Cup match struggling: elevated after his cousin’s absence, but still spinning from everything in his personal life. Fuller, however, has been booted by the manager for the attack on Sanjay. Something happens in the second half. Jasdeep starts to work with the team instead of going by himself - and now they’re going to play Leicester City, a Premier League team.

Abbie and Jasdeep finally talk to each other properly, renewing their connection and deciding to move forward. He’s there to support her when she reports Dennison.

Years later, we see Jasdeep, Abbie and their two children return to the stadium to watch a more diverse team pick up where he left off. This time, there are Asian players on the pitch.