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
Barcelona 2 – 0 Real Madrid: Pity the Immovable Object
I know I wouldn’t feel the same about Iker Casillas …
Jens Lehmann Wants To Be a Coach
Jens Lehmann wants to be a coach. Please, I don’t …
Tottenham 0 – 0 Manchester United: Heurelho Gomes Is the Hero. Printer, Repeat Till Page Is Full.
I can live with no goals at White Hart Lane, …
The News of the World, Protecting the Streets of Nottingham One Liverpool Player’s Parent at a Time
Top-selling English tabloid and soulless exploiter of human wretchedness News …
Avram Grant, Neatly Rebuffed
I’m still trying to decide whether to write anything about …
A Weekend of Dangerous Glances
Major days for European soccer. The moments are fighting in …
One Year Ago on The Run of Play
The Andriy Shevchenko Resurrection Train Gets a Slow Start Leaving …
Barclays Global Fan Survey Finds That Global Fans Love Barclays
If you’ve noticed a lot of survey-related news on other …
On Death and Youth
On a slate and snowy day in February 1958, a …
