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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This Town Needs a Saloon

After three months of letting you figure things out for …
The Tuesday Portrait: Iker Casillas

As a figure of ineluctable anxiety the goalkeeper is arguably …
A Line Under Sunday, February 3

Man City 1 – 3 Arsenal — If you can …
A Weekend of Secrets and Signs

It’s Friday, which means it’s time to open the mysterious …
Rounding Up the Transfer-Window Roundups: The Media Winners and Losers

Now that the January transfer window has closed, and the …
More Cristiano Ronaldo

Everything I like and everything I don’t like about Cristiano …
Should European Football Adopt a Revenue-Sharing Scheme?

This week’s Run of Play at Pitch Invasion feature asks …
Football Transfers Are About to Change Forever

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled in favor …
What’s Going On with Tottenham’s Transfer Policy?

There must be times when Damien Comolli, sitting on the …