Saipan
DramaHistory
7/10
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|91 min
Release Date: 2025-11-08
Overview - On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team's preparation base in Saipan, following a heated disagreement with manager Mick McCarthy.
Production Companies
Northern Ireland ScreenFís Éireann/Screen IrelandWild Atlantic PicturesFine Point Films
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6/10
Talk about open goal? I remember the controversy back in 2002 as the Irish team struggled to prepare for their World Cup campaign. You’d also have had to have been living under a large rock not to have known that Roy Keane was an independently minded individual whom even Alex Ferguson had difficulty in keeping under control, and that Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan) was charged with managing a nationa...
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