This is the cinematic equivalent of former footballer Vinnie Jones stepping out at Wembley in an FA Cup Final.

He mumbled a few words but looked impressive in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, had a bit to say in Gone In Sixty Seconds and almost had a full part in Swordfish.

Here, the former star turn of football's Crazy Gang has to carry a whole movie and, to be fair, he pretty much pulls it off.

Vinnie is Danny Meehan, a former England captain who was brought down by match-fixing and a drunken assault on a police officer.

He is sentenced to three years and packed off to Longmarsh Prison, run by soccer-mad governor David Hemmings.

Hemmings has poured money into his side of prison officers without success, so he calls upon Danny to train the team with the goal of winning the league.

Siding with the governor would be a one-way ticket to prison hell, so Danny suggests putting together a team of cons to play against the guards in a pre-season warm-up.

With the help of Massive (Vas Blackwood), he begins a recruitment campaign - but runs into trouble with prison hardman Sykes (John Forgeham).

After a particularly bruising bare-knuckle fight with one of Sykes' henchmen, he wins his approval and consent to get his fellow cons on-side...but will it be enough to beat the screws?

This feels like a Bank Holiday special of The Bill and Porridge - a TV movie with big-screen aspirations.

Vinnie's not called upon to deliver any Bardish emoting but neither does he fall flat on his face.