WHAT IS THE HATVENT CALENDAR?
This is the third year of PompeyChicken's Hatvent Calendar! It's a bit like an online Advent Calendar.
It's been inspired by the Innocent Drinks company who have been putting little woolen hats on their bottles of smoothies as part of The Big Knit, in aid of the charity Age UK.
You may have seen them on sale in Sainsbury's. PompeyChicken's family has been drinking a lot of smoothies again this year and each hat continues to be a perfect fit!
Two year's ago the Hatvent Calendar made connections between each hat and Pompey.
Last year underneath each hat PompeyChicken unveiled a favourite Pompey video clip.
This year he's been looking through the bookshelves to identify some of his favourite football books. Quite a few have a link to Pompey but not all.
You can read more about the Big Knit, which has been running since 2003, by clicking on the link at the end of this blog.
I hope you enjoy this year's Hatvent Calendar.
POMPEYCHICKEN'S HAT OF THE DAY
TODAY'S BOOK
This is where it all began for me, the Ladybird book 'The Story Of Football' by Vera Southgate with illustrations by Jack Matthew, first published in 1964. My very first football book!
I used the spend hours as a child reading through this book (and writing in it by the looks of things!).
The book covers street football, football on Shrove Tuesday, some of the early organised matches, the split with rugby, the first set of rules and of course the FA Cup Final.
A list of post war League and FA Cup winners is included and there are references to football pools and sports papers on Saturday evenings!
So, if you want to know why I ended up a bit of a football nut - this is the reason!
You can find out more about this book on Amazon here ==> The Story Of Football
LAST YEAR'S HAT
Click on the following link to see the hat and video from one year ago ==> Hatvent Calendar 5th December 2011
WHAT IS THE BIG KNIT?
To find out more about Innocent Smoothies and the Big Knit you can click on the following link ==> The Big Knit
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