1974 World Cup Album

[nomis0094]

Hi guys,

I was just having a small thought about the 1974 Munchen World Cup Album.

I have noticed that all world cup albums issued by Panini are named after the host country

Mexico 70, Spain 82, Italia 90, France 98 etc etc

But why was the 1974 album not printed as Germany 1974? Was it because of the East/West Germany factor?

Any updates on this matter would be appreciated 🙂

Cheers,

Ian

[shipilgram]

Hi Ian, sorry, I don't know the answer, however I felt compelled to comment, as this has always puzzled me to. Ideas anyone? Steve

[panini_trader_no1]

Thought this was a bit strange too however im in the dark as well

😞

Alec

🙂

[corny_witch]

I'm not sure how accurate this is, but I believe it was because the tournament started and ended in Munich and the organisers wanted to concentrate the marketing on this.  As there was still a West and East Germany at the time this meant that the focus was switched more towards a city rather than a 'divided' country.

Regards,

Ian