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 'Mr Unbelievable' the autobiography of Chris Kamara published in 2010.
Sky Sports ground reporter and pundit Kamara started his playing career at Pompey, having joined from the Royal Navy, the first of two spells at the Club.
He provides some very good stories of his playing days time at Fratton Park, covering the topics of racism and death threats, as well as the other eight clubs he played for.
He talks about the game of football during his era as a player, some of the players he played with such as George Graham and Peter Marinello at Pompey, as well as managers he played under e.g. Ian St. John and Jimmy Dickinson.
In his first spell between 1975 and 1977 he made 63 apperances and scored 7 goals. He made 11 apperances in a brief spell during 1981 before joining Brentford in a swap deal with David Crown.
You can read more about this book on Amazon here ==> Mr Unbelievable
LAST YEAR'S HAT
Click on the following link to see the hat and video from one year ago ==> Hatvent Calendar 18th 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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