Danny "The Mean Machine" Meehan is a retired footballer and former captain of the England national football team, who was banned from football for life for fixing a match they played against Germany national football team. After a long drinking session, he drives recklessly to a local bar, where he is chased by police. Inside the bar, when asked to take a breathalyser test, he assaults two police officers and is sentenced to three years in Longmarsh prison.