The Run of Play - Attacking Football

The Run of Play is a blog about
the wonder and terror of soccer.

We left the window open during a match in October 2007 and a strange wind blew into the room.

Now we walk the forgotten byways of football with a lonely tread, searching for the beautiful, the bewildering, the haunting, and the absurd.

Exiled!

Imaginary Enemies 64

Ryan O’Hanlon on Anelka’s move to China.
Quiet Revolutions 48

Spurs have succeeded by remembering that some problems are minor. By Jake Meador.
Possession 43

When to keep the ball, and when not to. By Alan Jacobs.
The Death of Socrates 20

The demon and the daimon, by Alan Jacobs.
Goodbye Twentieth Century 29

Samuel Goff & James Coleman on the greatest French players of all time.
Generalissimo 30

Sam Fayyaz on Javi Martinez and Fernando Redondo.
The Rat in the Engine 27

Colin McGowan on the realism of FIFA 12.
Deus Absconditus 30

What makes a great referee, by Alan Jacobs.
Race, Language and Symbolism 68

Elliott on Suarez, Fabregas, and soccer’s problem with racial linguistic norms.

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