The Run of Play - Attacking Football

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 Bissinger Video

Here’s the tape of the Buzz Bissinger-Will Leitch contretemps. Watching …
Buzz Bissinger, Will Leitch, and the White-Hot Flow of Opinion

H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, the Pulitzer Prize-winner, the author of Friday …
The Tuesday Portrait: Avram Grant

If it’s true that the tents are about to be …
Hope Springs Eternal, the Moron

Late last year, when I wrote my “Five Stories You …
Speckles of Blood in the Underbrush

Well, that was a nasty piece of fun, wasn’t it? …
Footballers’ Websites

Personal websites. People have them for different reasons. For instance, …
Ronaldo, Raul, and Your Jaw Hitting Your Desk

Maybe it happened in a charity game. Maybe Michael Schumacher …
The Best of the Worst Own Goals

John Arne Riise’s brave own goal in yesterday’s Champions League …
The Tuesday Portrait: Inner Life
of Ashley Cole

“Alone at the Drive-In Movie”