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 'A Beautiful Game - Football Through The Eyes Of The World's Greatest Players' by Tom Watt.
As the inside of the book's cover says the book provide "...intimate, untold stories and unique, provocative perspectives on football, childhood and life from more than forty of the world's greatest players..."
Each player's story is inorporated within a broader theme: hope, family, dedication, passion, pride, loyalty, friendship, humanity, flair and courage.
There is input from the following players who all have a Pompey connection: Sully Muntari (in Family), Benjani (in Loyalty), Smertin (in Loyalty), Kanu (in Humanity) and James (in Humanity).
You can find out more about this book on Amazon here ==> A Beautiful Game
LAST YEAR'S HAT
Click on the following link to see the hat and video from one year ago ==> Hatvent Calendar 9th 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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