Worst Year of My Life, Again: July: Match Day

It's the morning of the soccer grand final and to his horror, Alex (Ned Napier) discovers Sam (Arielle O'Neill) has deliberately washed his soccer top with her red socks. There's no way Alex can captain the team in a top dyed pink! Alex, Simon (Laurence Boxhall) and Maddy (Tiarnie Coupland) get a lift to the sports shop from Alex's Dad (Jeremy Standford), who regales them with the story of the cheating incident that inspired him to get his referee accreditation and coaching certificate. The kids take advantage of a traffic jam to escape Dad's rant and run to the sports shop. Alex causes havoc when he tussles with a track-suited man over the last soccer top, which results in the man being held by store security.