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
Arsenal Sign Arshavin: A Thing That Happened
Arsenal have signed Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St. Petersburg in …
Headline of the Day
From the Daily Mail: I’m not lazy, I just don’t …
Pro Vercelli: Well, We Signed Messi
Alain Messi, that is, the 20-year-old Cameroonian striker formerly of …
Robbie Keane to Tottenham, Again
Tottenham have just re-signed Robbie Keane from Liverpool. The fee …
Football and Rain
Why does bad weather make a game feel more dramatic? …
Liverpool 2 – 0 Chelsea: Fernando Torres Resumes His Dissertation
The first half was, I am going to say, deliberative, …
Rio Ferdinand Interviews Gordon Brown, a Five-Year-Old Interviews John Terry, and It All Comes Down to Death
I have a theory about why things have gone in …
One Year Ago on The Run of Play
The Clericus Cup: Trouble in Paradise Why would a football …
Kalou’s Goal Celebration and the Problem of Politics in Football
The top football leagues’ fear of the political has now …
