He finds school troubling and is often being bullied by popular kids and staunch Manchester United fans "Gorgeous" Gordon Burley and Psycho.

Jimmy is occasionally accompanied by school friend and love interest Sara and befriends Alice, an old homeless woman living in derelict housing that is marked for demolition.

Alice gives Jimmy a pair of old football boots that she claims once belonged to Robbie Brewer, who she alleges used to play for City.

Alice explains that the boots are magic but although Jimmy accepts the gift he is sceptical and places them in a rubbish skip on his way home.

In a bad tempered game on a waterlogged muddy field, Jimmy comes on as a substitute and scores a goal from his own half with his first touch of the ball.

Desperate to uncover whether Robbie Brewer actually played for City, a club security steward points him in the direction of a house next to Maine Road which turns out to be Mr Wirral's home.

Away from school, Jimmy is struggling to come to terms with his mother’s decision to date her new boyfriend Johnny Two Dogs, an arrogant motorcycle rider who tries to pass himself off as a martial arts expert.

With their relationship starting to fray Donna decides to not travel to the game with Johnny, but on realising he has taken her money she returns to the flat to find him with another girl.

Jimmy is now convinced that he has lost his magic touch and despite receiving new boots from the club shop he plays poorly in the first half with the team 2–0 down.

Robbie confirms that he never actually played for City but he was selected to be a club mascot and that the boots were given to him that day as a gift by Alice who is revealed to be his mother.

With the option of scoring and taking glory for himself, he chooses to play the ball into the box by kicking it really hard into Gordon's face which knocks him over but results in the winning goal.

Complete with a soundtrack of predominantly Manchester bands, there's Only One Jimmy Grimble is an effective feel-good film that successfully accomplishes what it sets out to.

This coming in the midst of golden era for local rivals Manchester United with Gordon's bullying of Jimmy in the movie mimicking the difference in class between the two football clubs at the time.