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
Leaked!
Run of Play internal wire #2791.3: the infamous “Hodgson Memo.”
A Technical Update
A leisurely stroll through a casual machine.
The Defense Never Rests
A great defense is a mathematics of frustration, Alan Jacobs writes.
A Wrinkle in Time
On realizing you’re older than the players, by James Downie.
Carlosmarch
A gentleman defends his honor.
When Warriors Speak
Manchester United vs. Arsenal edition.
Football and the Beatles
The easily-uncovered truth.
Finisterrae
On Diego Tristán, by Maxwell Kuhl.
T.C.B.
Gunning down bullet points one by one.
