'Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal' is a story about hope, a story about the Asian community in the U.K. told through the dynamic prism of professional soccer. The characters in this soccer drama fight the battle of hope through relationships, pride and their dreams.
Southall United is a football club going through a major crisis. The team has no stars, no sponsors, no spectators and most importantly, no coach. Yet, it nurtures the hope that it will win the cup this time. To add to the club's woes, the head of the local city council, Anne, collaborates with sports commentator Johnny Patel to acquire the large tract of land that belongs to the club. Together, they highlight the club’s lacklustre performance and threaten to have the land taken away from the club unless things change. Their biggest hope? That the team will lose - yet again. The club's owner Sir Devi Dayal Dhariwal hopes to save the land from the greed of Anne and Johnny Patel. Hanif (Naveen Andrews), the captain of Southall United, plays the one last card the club has. He hopes to bring in a celebrated ex-player (Boman Irani) to coach them. And then, there is Sunny Bhasin (John Abraham) who hopes to become a member of a top team and play first division football - a dream every aspiring British footballer yearns for. Will the coach manage to pull his team together? How does Sunny become a part of this team? And most importantly, will the club win the title and retain the ground?