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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Pro Vercelli: The Mountain Stone by Stone

I’ve made a video chronicle of Pro Vercelli’s offseason dealings in the summer of 2013. Follow our maneuvers as we get ready for the start of our second year in Serie B.

Song clip: The Welcome Wagon, “Half a Person”