What World Cup pic Saipan gets right and wrong about Roy Keane

Описание: For all the debate about the fictionalisation of a football event people feel intensely about, and how some figures are represented, there might be a considerable irony to the film Saipan. It may have revealed something new.

While it’s hard to say whether ‘spoilers’ can apply to real history, and one where people have argued about fine details for two decades, it is probably apt here. So consider this fair warning.

It is not just a spoiler that follows, but a detail that may change how people think about one of the biggest controversies in Irish sporting history, as well as the story of how Manchester United’s star captain somehow didn’t play at a World Cup he had been crucial to qualifying for - out of principle.

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