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
Don Revie and Betty Draper
Christopher Mann on the smothered rage of the obsolete traditionalist.
The Billionaire Test
How to tell if your club got a good one.
Comedy and Football
Supriya Nair on suffering and consolation.
On Hating Barcelona
Eric Freeman considers the hot new fad.
The Razor’s Edge
Ismael Klata on Joey Barton and the uses of madness.
Inner Life of Harry Redknapp
A biplane screaming through a guitar solo.
Pelé as a Comedian
On joy and perfection in sport.
Pelé in Brazil
Brian Blickenstaff on how Pelé is seen by his countrymen.
Pelé as an Ideal
Will Levinger on Pelé and the meaning of perfection.
