Push-and-run, also known as awall pass, aone-two or agive-and-go, is a tactic and skill often used inassociation football. It involves quickly laying the ball off to a teammate and running past the marking tackler to collect the returnpass. It proved an effective way to move the ball at pace, with players' positions and responsibility being fluid.[1]
It was devised and developed byArthur Rowe,[2] who was the then manager of English football clubTottenham Hotspur from 1949. Implementing this new and unique style,[3] Tottenham ran away with their first league title. In1951 they won theFirst Division Championship and became the third side to winSecond and First Divisions in successive seasons – after Liverpool in 1906 and Everton in 1932.
The "push and run" style of play was first developed by Arthur Rowe at Tottenham Hotspur. Rowe himself would creditPeter McWilliam, the Spurs manager under whom he served, with teaching him how to play a quick passing style of game from which Rowe then extended into "push and run".[4] Thispossession-based game of play of McWilliam has been traced back to Scottish players who first conceived of the idea of keeping possession of the ball instead of dribbling and charging in their first ever football international against England in 1872.[5]
Aside from Rowe, McWilliam also taught other Spurs players such asBill Nicholson andVic Buckingham such possession-based passing game. Buckingham would then pass on this pass-and-move style of play when he went on to manage Barcelona and Ajax, where it would influence the development ofTotal Football.[6]
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