What's All This About Then?
If you've recently bought an Innocent Smoothie from either Sainsbury's or Boots you will undoubtedly have noticed a small woolly hat perched on top of the bottle.
It's all part of The Big Knit - making winter warmer for older people.
Innocent has been donating 25 pence from every sale of one of its Smoothies to AgeUK a worthy cause this time of year, especially as the weather has already turned wintery. Brrrrr!
To find out more about The Big Knit go to this link:
http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/bigknit/
Where's The Football Link?
So, what on earth has all this got to do with football I hear you ask?
Well, PompeyChicken has 'acquired' a lovely collection of hats, with lots of help from Master PC who has been consuming an Innocent Smoothie everyday for the last few weeks as part of his Five A Day routine, and it got him thinking about bygone days when homemade woolly hats in club colours were often seen at football grounds up-and-down the country.
There must have been an army of mums, aunties and grandmas all over the country click-clacking away, knitting bobble hats! They'd have a nightmare today with the seasonal change of club colours especially away strips and the introduction of 'third kits'. They were saved by the modern day phenomenon of the now ubiquitous 'baseball cap'.
By the way: in the 1970s I only ever remember Manchester City and Crystal Palace having 'third kits' - did other clubs have them?
Also, if you hadn't realised, December is upon us. A couple of years ago on Keith Daily we had a Christmas Keith everyday during December (take a look at the history if you need a reminder)....it was Keith Daily's version of an 'Advent Calendar' although there was no little doors to open...or a calendar...but hey who cares?!
So, woolly hats, football and Advent calendars were all thrown into the mix by PompeyChicken along with some cornfeed a bit of clucking, some pecking and scratching and after all of 3 minutes he came up with: the Hatvent Calendar. Will your club's colours be included? Enjoy!
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