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
Walking in Red Square
I figured out what I wanted to say about walking …
I Had an Experience in Lenin’s Tomb
Somehow or other I was the only one in there …
A Dog Bit Me!
Why did it bite me? What did I do? Here’s …
The Southgate Parallel: A New Concept in Football Rankings
The Southgate Parallel is an attempt to quantify the subjective …
Landing in Moscow: What Time Is It, and Who Can I Blame?
I could only find a place to stay for about …
The Run of Play Needs Your Help
One of our projects for the off-season—partly as a response …
Not Without Its Stabbings, But Not Without Its Charm
So. One thing led to another, and now here we …
The Tuesday Portrait: David Beckham (2)
There is, however, at the center of the colossus, in …
Horror in Wigan as Manchester United Felled by Plague
It was never supposed to be this way. Things like …
