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 'Curse Of The Jungle Boy' by Ray Crawford with Michael Wood.
Ray Crawford was one of the most prolific strikers of the 1950s and 1960s. Indeed the dust jacket emphasises this point by stating that he is second only to Jimmy Greaves.
He made 526 senior appearances scoring 323 goals: Portsmouth 19 appearances (10 goals), Ipswich Town 353 (227), Wolverhampton Wanderers 61 (41), WBA 16 (7), Charlton Athletic 22 (7) and Colchester United 55 (31).
Ray Crawford also won two caps for England scoring one goal.
As well as starting his playing career at Fratton Park, Ray Crawford also spent time on the coaching staff re-establishing the youth team and also supporting Jimmy Dickinson as first team coach.
You can read more about this book on Amazon here ==> Curse Of T
he Jungle Boy
LAST YEAR'S HAT
Click on the following link to see the hat and video from one year ago ==> Hatvent Calendar 20th 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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