graphite & putty eraser, with watercolour pencil/30x21cm
The latest randomly-chosen subject features Berti Vogts, who was
represented in both the FKS & Panini ‘World Cup ‘74’ sticker albums & subsequently, having been selected for the official West Germany squad for the
Finals, like his full-back partner & the recently-drawn Paul Breitner, went
on to appear throughout the tournament, in all 7 of the West Germans’ ultimately
trophy-winning matches, although keeping a more defensive & lower profile
(I can’t say whether I remember Vogts from the ’74 World Cup, or otherwise became
aware of the name soon afterwards).
Somehow, the (unreliable) memory plays the trick that it was Berti Vogts
who fouled Johan Cruyff to concede the second-minute penalty that led to Holland
taking the lead in the Final even before a German player had touched the ball,
but this was not the case, Uli Hoeness being the offender: Vogts, rather, playing
for his club Borussia Monchengladbach, brought down Kevin Keegan to give away
the decisive penalty to Liverpool during the 1977 European Cup Final.
P.S. (late evening)
Crikey O’Riley, never mind the distraction of the current World Cup
(& Belgium finally overcoming the USA, & Tim Howard in particular, 2 –
1 after extra time in a decent old match), but ‘next’ season has kicked-off in
earnest for TOoT tonight with one of our very favourite teams, the mighty Ferencváros,
coming from behind to earn a 1 – 1 draw in Malta at Sliema Wanderers in the
first leg of a Europa League First Qualifying Round tie: it’s going to be a
long haul to the Final for our Hungarian heroes…
