Top billed cast

1. 

   Éanna Hardwicke

   Roy Keane

2. 

   Steve Coogan

   Mick McCarthy

3. 

   Alice Lowe

   Fiona McCarthy

4. 

   Peter McDonald

   Mick Byrne

5. 

   Harriet Cains

   Theresa Keane

6. 

   Jamie Beamish

   Dickie Moloney

7. 

   Alex Murphy

   Eddy Power

8. 

   Oliver Coopersmith

   Jason McAteer

9. 

   Jack Hickey

   Niall Quinn

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-01-29

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 national side with less resources that the average English championship side. When they arrive in Saipan, they discover a pitch better suited for sheep, an hotel that had seen better days and believe it or...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• world cup
• based on true story
• 2000s