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
We Die for the Life of Tomorrow
We’ve been nominated for some awards.
Transfers: Not Changed Forever
I might have exaggerated before. Slightly.
UEFA Cup Addendum
Has Andriy Shevchenko ever met an oligarch he didn’t like?
The Year of 1 B.E.L.
The last-ever UEFA Cup Final was a smart little encounter.
Headline of the Day
Fooballers should think twice about running through Swanage Town in their underpants.
Pro Vercelli: Fortune Comes in 3’s
Mid-March, and we’re still alive in three competitions.
Islington Hardball
Inside Arsène Wenger’s contract negotiations.
Manchester City
A club where everything is going completely according to plan.
More Alienation at the Guardian
But this time in a good way.
