Scully's teacher improves his offer if he joins the panto: a guaranteed trial, this time with Liverpool. Scully stubbornly refuses and argues with Joanna, causing him to take out his frustrations on Mrs Leigh and her confiscated footballs.
Scully's teacher wants to do a deal - he'll arrange a football trial if Scully agrees to act in the school pantomime. The boys decide to get their balls back from Cracker's house and they find them in the bathroom. Scully imagines he sees Dalglish again.