graphite & putty eraser/30x21cm
Today’s randomly chosen subject represents Dimitar Dimitrov,
who was selected for inclusion in sticker form in both the FKS & Panini ‘World
Cup ‘74’ collectors’ albums but who failed to make the official Bulgaria squad
for the tournament, thus casting him as one of the particular ‘ghosts’ of the
event, absent at the time yet maintaining an historical presence down the years
since via the memorabilia trade.
Research reveals that Dimitar Dimitrov played on 18
occasions for the Bulgarian national team, including a couple of matches in the
qualifying competition for the 1974 World Cup & a sequence of friendlies
preceding the Finals before missing out on them for whatever reason, then
briefly resuming his international career in 1976.
Being the 74th drawing in the ’74 project, we are
now at exactly the one-quarter point of proceedings, unless the decision is
made to exclude the ‘excluded nations’ as featured in the Panini ’München 74’
album & instead rigorously concentrate upon only the qualifying
nations/squads, in which case we’re a bit further along the road to completing what
would be a total of 256 drawings.
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