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
Are Arsenal Really Back in the Premier League Title Race?
Finality sells, but only that day’s papers. A week ago …
The Return of Damien Comolli
Breaking: Damien Comolli has a new job in football. For …
Manchester City 1 – 2 Tottenham: Darren Bent Shoots Straight
Darren Bent got two. Three players were sent off. The …
Tiny Squares of Life
No one has written more acutely than Fredorrarci on what …
Arsenal 2 – 1 Manchester United: Samir Nasri’s Gliding Circus
The goals were scored by Samir Nasri and Rafael da …
A Weekend of Terrible Harvests
The match on everyone’s mind may be the lurid festival …
Birmingham Chairman David Gold Strikes a Blow for Euclid
Noted pornographer and Birmingham City chairman David Gold has a …
The Shocking Truth Behind the Robot Soccer World Cup
By mid-21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot …
Beautiful Pictures of Tiny Plastic Football Men
This is a picture from Paul Willetts’s new book Teenage …
