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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It’s No Kirkwhelpington, But It’s Close

I’m not all that interested in the ongoing controversy about Trevor Brooking and youth development in England. But can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that the chairman of the Football League is named “Lord Mawhinney“?