graphite & putty eraser, with watercolour pencil/30x21cm
And so the year draws to a close with not just an appalling pun but
also a re-mediation of an image of Johan Cruyff, who was represented in both
the FKS & Panini World Cup ’74 sticker albums, & is one of the few names
remembered from my experience of the television coverage of the 1974 World Cup,
enhancing his star status as he led Holland all the way to the final of the
tournament (repetition obvious aids memory): the goal he scored, that airborne
sidefoot volley, to conclude the Dutch team’s 2 – 0 victory over Brazil in their effective semi-final, has become one of those iconic ones, but I also recall
his argument with the referee Jack Taylor, & consequent booking for doing
so, as the teams left the pitch at half-time in the final.
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