Stuart Byrne column: Saipan may have stung for Ireland but I got to play on the same pitch as my hero Roy Keane

I’m transformed to a different place when I hear the word ‘Saipan’.

Most people roll their eyes and especially so this month with the 20-year anniversary and all the trips down memory lane.

But when I think ‘Saipan’ I picture George Best in his budgie smugglers, swimming like a dolphin in a pool in Malta.