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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The Return of Damien Comolli

Breaking: Damien Comolli has a new job in football. For what it’s worth, the real St. Étienne was a martyr.

by Brian Phillips · November 9, 2008

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