graphite & putty eraser, with watercolour pencil/30x21cm
The latest subject to be drawn out of the tin & then with
the pencils represents Roland Grip, stickers of whom appeared in both the FKS
& Panini World Cup 1974 collectors’ albums, & who was subsequently
chosen as a member of the Sweden squad for the finals, going on to make three
appearances in the tournament, in the Swedes’ consecutive matches against
Holland (as a late substitute) & Uruguay in the first group phase &
then Poland at the outset of the second.
Previously, Grip had gained World Cup
experience at Mexico 1970, playing in all three of Sweden’s matches there/then.
In other football matters, congratulations to the mighty
& our beloved Atlético Madrid for winning the Champions’ League Final
within the regulation 90 minutes – what happened thereafter was a farce & a
travesty, though sadly all too typical of the historical manner in which the European
Cup has been won by the most unpleasant & cynical of clubs, with but a few noble
exceptions.
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