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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Inconclusive Evidence of the Efficacy of Prayer Watch, Part I

Modena have now won one and lost one since they had a monk perform an exorcism on their dressing room. They’re off the bottom in Serie B. Stay tuned.

by Brian Phillips · November 17, 2008

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