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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I’m Not Saying They Should Stop the Presses Just Because Marlon King Punches a Girl in a Nightclub…

“Hull City striker Marlon King has been arrested for allegedly punching a girl in a nightclub.”
— from a story in today’s Mirror

“Marlon King has been told by Hull chairman Paul Duffen he will not get a permanent deal at the KC Stadium until the summer.”
— from a different story in today’s Mirror

… but a note clarifying the chicken-and-egg problem would have been nice.