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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The Misfit

Ryan O’Hanlon on José Torres.
Champions of Kallendor

What if they were playing Dungeons & Dragons instead?
Messi / Durant

Max Ornstein on the connections between two of the world’s best young athletes.
All the Men’s Kings

The Champions League final as the apotheosis of Mourinho’s flair.
The Roadmap

A few announcements regarding the Champions League and the World Cup.
B.A.F.C.: 1.07

The banquet continues. Beauclair begins his speech.
B.A.F.C.: 1.06

Sam and Cora, driving to the Faircliff.
B.A.F.C.: 1.05

The team conspires against Beauclair. Jimmy makes a choice.
Chelsea and Avram Grant

Avram Grant, the skeleton in Chelsea’s closet.