Between a Dad managing a 4th Division football club and friends ditching him for being camp, Alan wants to change. Should he go against his instincts and become a footballer?

Christine is desperate for a night out. At school, Alan struggles with bullies and wants to hide his Dad's identity.

Alan gets the acting bug at the school Drama club but Christine becomes concerned when he comes home from school with a black eye. How did he get it and who gave it to him?

A brilliant but troubled striker gives the Cobblers a lifeline. While keen birdwatcher Alan becomes eagle eyed at news of a pelican on the loose.

It's BCG day at Alan's school and he decides to pull a sickie. With Christine otherwise disposed it's up to a begrudging Graham to play nursemaid.

Things are looking up for the Carrs - the Cobblers are in the quarter finals, Alan's got a part in the play and Angela's marriage has taken a nosedive. Can the good times last?

It's 1987 and Northampton Town are leading Division 4, but the bullies are still making Alan's life a misery, while peer pressure forces him to accept a challenge, leading him into the murky world of fake IDs.

A sex education lesson strikes fear into Alan's heart while an impending testosterone-fuelled school disco gets him all hot and bothered - and not in a good way.

A vicious stray Alsatian in the close forces the Carrs to have some unexpected quality time together, but the front room starts to resemble a pressure cooker.

The Close has a problem with knickers being snatched from washing lines and windows being peeped into, so Alan eagerly decides to play detective, even if it clashes with his 12th birthday.

It's the day of reckoning - Northampton Town are all abuzz and anticipation of a promotion to the Third Division is in the air, but Alan is completely miserable.

With the stress of the Cobblers trying to stay top of the league taking its toll, Christine strong-arms Graham into having a caravan mini-break in Great Yarmouth.