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.

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Amazingly, Ray Hudson Has the Understatement of the Week

On Diego Maradona being named coach of the Argentine national team:

“It’s going to be an intriguing set of circumstances watching that one play out in Argentina.”

by Brian Phillips · November 1, 2008

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