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
Bogside Nil
A quick pause before we all go back to caring …
Boarding the Fleet
200percent has been reading through some of the legal papers …
The Wednesday Portrait: Andriy Shevchenko
The element of “spirit” in football can be perceived in …
You, Too, Can Be One Two Hundred Millionth of the Next Roman Abramovich
Ever since I first heard about the existence of myfootballclub.co.uk, …
Come On You Woolpack Wanderers!
This is a story the press seems to come back …
Football Violence, in Italy and Everywhere
There’s a lot we still don’t know about the death …
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Mozambique is hoping to turn its gorgeous beaches and relatively …
A Line Under Sunday, November 11
Birmingham 1 – 2 Aston Villa — In more sad …
Who Runs the World Cup? Part One.
Tim Modise, the communications director for the 2010 World Cup, …