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
Exiled!
Imaginary Enemies 94
Ryan O’Hanlon on Anelka’s move to China.
Quiet Revolutions 59
Spurs have succeeded by remembering that some problems are minor. By Jake Meador.
Possession 56
When to keep the ball, and when not to. By Alan Jacobs.
The Death of Socrates 25
The demon and the daimon, by Alan Jacobs.
Goodbye Twentieth Century 32
Samuel Goff & James Coleman on the greatest French players of all time.
Generalissimo 36
Sam Fayyaz on Javi Martinez and Fernando Redondo.
The Rat in the Engine 30
Colin McGowan on the realism of FIFA 12.
Deus Absconditus 35
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.
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