Shouting The Odds
On March 25th, 1995, twenty-three year old postman Andy Cooper and his dad Ron get home from seeing their local team Notts County win at Wembley to discover to their horror that Andy's mum Marie has died. Unable to process the death of his wife, Ron wrongly blames Andy for forcing him into going to the game before abandoning his son and becoming a drunken recluse, leaving Andy to mourn the death of his mum alone.
A few months later on his way home from work, Andy is forced to take shelter from a rainstorm in what turns out to be his local betting shop, where he has a life changing experience; and after almost coming to blows with his dad on his way home from the cemetery a few days later, decides he's had enough. Determined to regain control over his life, he gives himself a year to win enough money on the horses in order to escape Nottingham and his drunk of a dad for good.
However, it isn't long before Andy discovers that even the best-laid plans rarely work out the way you would expect ...
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