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.
EDITOR
Brian Phillips
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Zach Dundas, Fredorrarci, Alan Jacobs, Supriya Nair, Richard Whittall
The Tuesday Portrait: Andrea Pirlo
I’ve never seen a highlight video about Andrea Pirlo that …
Why Do We Follow Sports? Part Four.
We follow sports because we want someone to win. This …
A Line Under Sunday, November 25
Fulham 2 – 2 Blackburn — The hot stat of …
English Football and the Culture of Overreaction
Two feet: that’s what finished England. Had Scott Carson been …
Talent Is a Ghostwriter Who Doesn’t Want to Drown Himself
Of all the football players who inexplicably moonlight as newspaper …
Steve McClaren: An Innovator in Failure
I think it’s officially time to give Steve McClaren a …
Micah Richards Is a Courteous Columnist
From Micah Richards’ BBC column on Steve McClaren today: He …
England 2 – 3 Croatia, or, The Best Worst Day of Young Paul Robinson’s Life
I don’t believe for a second that England deserved the …
What About Croatia?
Chances are you know exactly what to expect from the …
