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
On Disappointment
Fernando Torres and what makes a player fall short of expectations. By Alan Jacobs.
That’s Entertainment
The top teams have better players, but second-tier teams often have better stories.
Liverpool and LeBron
Why the story matters.
Personality Crisis
Phil Scolari and the anarchy of ego.
Things That Are Happening!
The Old Firm and an update.
A Brief History of Nous
The word that links José Mourinho and the creation of the universe.
Bones Like Ghosts
Gareth Bale as a beautiful cartoon.
The Strange Case of Bojan Krkić
He’s about to discover Atlantis. He’s about to dot Jonathan Lethem’s i’s.
First Law of Persecuted Fandom
So your favorite team is the victim of a vast systematic conspiracy. . .
