The Run of Play - Attacking Football

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.

Imaginary Enemies 80

Ryan O’Hanlon on Anelka’s move to China.
Quiet Revolutions 52

Spurs have succeeded by remembering that some problems are minor. By Jake Meador.
Possession 48

When to keep the ball, and when not to. By Alan Jacobs.
The Death of Socrates 22

The demon and the daimon, by Alan Jacobs.
Goodbye Twentieth Century 31

Samuel Goff & James Coleman on the greatest French players of all time.
Generalissimo 31

Sam Fayyaz on Javi Martinez and Fernando Redondo.
The Rat in the Engine 29

Colin McGowan on the realism of FIFA 12.
Deus Absconditus 32

What makes a great referee, by Alan Jacobs.
Race, Language and Symbolism 71

Elliott on Suarez, Fabregas, and soccer’s problem with racial linguistic norms.

Assists
- online football betting at William hill - Bet on live football matches with Europe's biggest bookmaker.
- Are you thinking about placing a bet on an upcoming Football fixture but are unsure which online bookmaker to make this bet with? Why not check out the latest odds at bwinbetting.com today. You won't be disappointed!
- Free Bets
<a href="http://web.archive.org./web/20130501063150/http://www.talksport.co.uk/">Football premier league</a>on talkSPORT
- Active
- Popular
- Storytelling
  35 Comments
  Latest by nike free run
- Goodbye Twentieth Century
  31 Comments
  Latest by nike free run
- Quiet Revolutions
  52 Comments
  Latest by nike free run
- Possession
  48 Comments
  Latest by Sam
The Premier League draws fans from around the globe, and betting on your favourite team to lift the title is one way to enjoy the entire season!

Features
- Brooklyn Asylum F.C.
  
  A serial novel about American soccer in the 1920s.
  
  Latest: B.A.F.C.: 1.09
- Pro Vercelli
  
  The year-long saga of history’s greatest Football Manager team.
  
  Latest: Pro Vercelli: The End
- Portraits
  
  Player is a player is a player is a player.
  
  Latest: The Strange Case of Bojan Krkić
- Adventures of Vandal-prone
  
  An American soccer fan abroad, sometimes even in his own country.
  
  Latest: Nitemare in Philadelphia
- Dr. Chesapeake Marchpane
  
  Magic. Murder. Insanity. Football. The flaming bones of time.
  
  Latest: On Death and Youth