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
Maldini Monday
Because no day of the week should be without Maldini.
Pro Vercelli: Cloudless
Will this be the season when we finally bring home a trophy?
Man Utd – Arsenal
Open thread of exhaustion and disorientation.
African Journalism
Why does FIFA think they ought to fix it?
Pro Vercelli: Moment of Truth
From the Vercelli Soccer Express, Amazon Kindle Edition, 29 Aug 2017.
Sail On, Sailor b/w Typical Boys
The laws of The Laws of the Game.
The Gaunt Pursuit
Wigan 1 – 2 Manchester United.
Pro Vercelli: The Haunting
A terrible end to the season, and a sudden stroke of luck.
Portrait of Paolo Maldini
More than any other footballer he seems to have sprung from the imagination of a child.
