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 'Kicking and Screaming An Oral History Of Football In England' by Rogan Taylor and Andrew Ward. It was published in 1995 and based on the BBC TV Series (which I have to admit I don't recall seeing).
In simple terms this book recreates the history of football in England using the words of some of those people who played a part in creating it: players, managers, coaches, officials, administrators and of course fans. It makes for fascinating reading.
To give you a sense of what's covered, there are 29 chapters in this book. The first is titled: 'I used to play in the street' Learning the skills, developing the interest. The last is titled: 'Players wages have risen' Into the 1990s.
Other subjects covered include: terraces, the first FA Cup Final at Wembley, the maximum wage, the 1966 World Cup, hooliganism, TV and European club competitions.
You can read more about this book on Amazon here ==> Kicking and Screaming
LAST YEAR'S HAT
Click on the following link to see the hat and video from one year ago ==> Hatvent Calendar 10th 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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