Joseph Ganley
In the words of St. Stephen, 'I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does'. However, when not pursuing such carnal desires, I spend my time studying at the University of Manchester and writing for the Manchester United fanzine United We Stand (uwsonline.com). My interests include cinema, music and politics, though anything that comes under the banner of 'popular culture' is liable to grab my attention. I hope you enjoy reading my writing as much as I enjoy watching and thinking about the football that inspires it.
Simple Spanish Style Enough To Conquer Europe
For all the laudatory praise that will inevitably follow Spain’s 1-0 victory over Germany in the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, the culmination of the 2008 European Championship failed to live up to its consistently thrilling early stages. Despite their clear failure to organise a defence befitting a truly great team, Spain are a competent…
Something New, Something Russian
Until Russia’s lengthy dismantling exercise in Basle on Friday, Holland’s blitz on the proclaimed ‘Group of Death’ had been Euro 2008′s foremost point for exclamation. To English audiences in particular, the proposition of a Dutch rebirth after twenty years of bungled failure was a thrilling and unexpected boon to a competition tainted by the absence…
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