Iwatched the ‘Saipan’ movie and Roy Keane’s rage was genuinely upsetting
New film about infamous row between Ireland captain and manager Mick McCarthy in build-up to 2002 World Cup pulls no punches
Republic of Ireland captain Roy Keane walks past manager Mick McCarthy during training in Saipan ahead of the 2002 World Cup. Picture credit; David Maher / SPORTSFILE
It appears early on. A manky-looking cheese sandwich, seen in extreme close-up during the first few minutes of the film Saipan . Its devastating dramatic impact will only be made clear later: Chekov’s Sarnie.
The sub-standard sanger is, of course, the offending pre-training meal offered by the clowns at the Football Association of Ireland to their men in their ill-fated World Cup 2002 warm-up mission to the Western Pacific is