Every year in the county of Medland school football teams compete for the most prestigious trophy in the area - the County Cup. Round-robin tournaments determine the winners of the four Quarter Shields - in the North the East the South and the West and the winners then clash in the semi-finals and then the Finals. The first four books in this series detail the teams in each quarter battling it out to win a place in the semi-finals. The winning teams - and characters - can then be followed through the series in subsequent titles