The Unwritten Peter Handke

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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The Run of Play on SIATVS

Should the entire league season be replaced with a penalty shootout?

May 22, 2009 Comments Off on The Run of Play on SIATVS
Dread, Panenka, Cliché, Casquero

Why do a Panenka?

April 26, 2009 21 Comments
The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty Kick May Be More Malcolm Gladwell-ish Than I Had Realized

Is it just me, or are the conclusions of the …

December 15, 2008 12 Comments
A Further Inquiry into the Nature of Ana Almunia’s Ghost

A REPORT BY DR. CHESAPEAKE MARCHPANE, SPECIAL TO THE RUN …

March 2, 2008 7 Comments
An Inquiry into the Nature of Ana Almunia’s Ghost

A REPORT BY DR. CHESAPEAKE MARCHPANE, SPECIAL TO THE RUN …

March 1, 2008 8 Comments
The Goalkeeper’s Anxiety at the Spirit That Stalks the Earth

I’m just going to come out and say this, as …

February 28, 2008 7 Comments

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