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.

Failed Innovations in Brand Extension #3715: Imprisoning Wayne Rooney in the Magical Forest of Fangorn as Part of a Misguided Attempt to Develop a Club-Themed Vintage Fiction Market

The Two Towers are of course Scholes and Giggsy.

“Hrum, hoom!” said Rooney. “Do not be hasty, that’s my motto.”

by Brian Phillips · October 19, 2009

Stowe
Can you imagine walking in the woods and seeing that in the trunk of a tree? Insane.

October 19, 2009 at 2:05 am · Reply
Jonathan
That is actually quite scary.

October 19, 2009 at 9:23 am · Reply
Melanie
I find Tree Rooney slightly more appealing to look at that than the real thing though.

October 19, 2009 at 5:00 pm · Reply
Elliott
I always pictured Wayne as more of a rock, a Ruuuune stone that is

October 19, 2009 at 5:52 pm · Reply
NickDunmore
I expect to see Edwin van der Saruman next.

October 19, 2009 at 8:16 pm · Reply
Mark
Clarence Acorña? Or do these guys only play beech football?

October 20, 2009 at 8:52 am · Reply
Mark
Sorry.

October 20, 2009 at 8:53 am · Reply