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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Fernando Torres Is Playing Soccer Against a Dog

Apparently the dog is the “official footballing dog of Liverpool F.C.,” which means they’ll probably try to trademark the breed before long. And is it just me, or is he wearing a Gerrard shirt?

Anyway, this is only going to get worse once the dogs are made out of robots.