Steve Coogan to play ex-Ireland football manager Mick McCarthy in World Cup film

Steve Coogan (Ian West/PA)

Steve Coogan will play Mick McCarthy in a new film portraying the events of the Republic of Ireland manager’s bust-up with captain Roy Keane ahead of the 2002 World Cup.

Keane ended up leaving the Ireland camp before the start of the tournament in Japan and South Korea after a public falling out with McCarthy.