Scotland

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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Gordon Brown and Nicolas Anelka

Dancing in the streets of Raith.

May 9, 2009 Comments Off on The Only Power in the World Capable of Uniting Claude Anelka and Gordon Brown
The Old Firm Derby

A gunpowder ache in the bones.

May 9, 2009 11 Comments
Germany 1 – 2 England; Scotland 0 – 1 Argentina; This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Online Running Diary

I’m secured in my special match-viewing chamber (it’s more like …

November 19, 2008 6 Comments
A Mazy Stroll Through Thursday

I’m in the middle of a long post about the …

January 24, 2008 1 Comment
The Last Kings of Scotland

It never should have come to the free kick they …

November 17, 2007 3 Comments

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