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.
I’ve watched 2:32 seconds and it’s already the best movie I’ve ever seen.
I love it most of all because you listen to the opening monologue and you expect the guy to look like Jason Statham. Or the Rock. And Dave turns around and you think, “Really, him…?”
The great thing about Dave, though, is that even though he doesn’t look like The Rock, he’s totally capable of fighting men who do look like The Rock. Because if the Green Street series has taught us anything, it’s that fighting isn’t about things like muscle mass and fighting ability. Fighting is about what’s in your heart.