By the way, I did an interview with du Nord today as part of a series on “distinctive voices in soccer blogging,” conducted by someone who is himself a distinctive voice in soccer blogging, Zach Dundas of Eleven Devils. It contains probably the least dishonest account of what I’m trying to do around here that [...]

So. One thing led to another, and now here we are. The Premier League season, which once seemed so endless, is over. People have been stabbed, and champions have been crowned. We’ve had arrests, protests, lawsuits, assaults, class conflicts, scandals, accusations, media brawls, affairs, divorces, funerals, break-ins, international diplomatic crises, and unplanned encounters between [...]

I am delighted to announce that The Run of Play will soon be joined by two new writers, who we believe will help cement our reputation as the Web’s premier destination for unconventional football writing combined with unique voices in self-promotion you’re already starting to skim past.
Dr. Chesapeake Marchpane, who is known to many of [...]

After three months of letting you figure things out for yourselves, and trusting that the odd sharp-eyed prospector who followed the rumors and the secret maps to this site would manage to discover what was here, I’ve decided to add an About page. You can find it in the sidebar to your right. [...]

As you may have noticed over the last couple of days, The Run of Play has just completed a move to new (better) web hosting and switched to a WordPress platform. The changes should make the site faster and more accommodating—you might not notice much of a difference now, but believe me, it’s [...]