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
Today's book is 'Wembley The FA Cup Finals 1923-2000' compiled by Glen Isherwood.
It covers the story of every single FA Cup Final to be played at the old Wembley Stadium before it was demolished.
It's packed full of photographs, facts, images of the matchday programmes and a whole lot more.
I could spend hours flicking through this book! It brings back tremendous memories of FA Cup Finals I watched on TV as a child (Arsenal versus Leeds United in 1972 was the first one I can remember) but also brings to life Finals from different eras of football's history.
Of course that includes three Finals that involved Pompey (the defeats of 1929 versus Bolton Wanderers and 1934 versus Manchester City and of course the first win in 1939 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers).
You can find out more about this book on Amazon here ==> Wembley The FA Cup Finals
LAST YEAR'S HAT
Click on the following link to see the hat and video from one year ago ==> Hatvent Calendar 8th 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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