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 book is 'Going Up Pompey Season 1986-1987' by Mike Neasom with photography by Murray Sanders.
It's a celebration of Pompey's promotion winning season from the old Division Two to Division One.
It could be argued that this book is the third of a 'Pompey trilogy' as the same authors published books at the end of each of the two previous seasons when Pompey went so very close to promotion but missed out on both occasions.
This book has the perfect combination of Mike Neasom's writing and Murray Sanders' photographs (some of which put today's football photography to shame I might add). Together they capture perfectly Pompey's season and eventual promotion.
As Neasom writes in the opening chapter: "...it was...a memorable season, ending a generation's often impatient wait for the return of the big time to Fratton...".
LAST YEAR'S HAT
Click on the following link to see the hat and video from one year ago ==> Hatvent Calendar 6th 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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