The former Wimbledon boss, affectionately dubbed 'Harry', masterminded three promotions during a rollercoaster six years at Plough Lane, and the Dons even threatened to turn football on its head when they reached the summit of of the First Division in their first season, albeit for a short period.

But Bassett, who was at the University of Warwick for the UEFA A Conversion Course, says the Dons' honeymoon period at the top of the First Division might have lasted longer if he had been able to tap into some of the information readily available to coaches nowadays.

"There are things I know now which I wish I had known when I first started out in management," he admitted.

"As time has gone on, we always knew things like alcohol were not the best things to have. But more and more information has become available. There is more knowledge now, more thought has gone into football."

Bassett is a firm believer in coach education and took his preliminary coaching badge when he was 21 and his full badge a decade later.

But the learning did not end there for the former Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest supremo.

"My full license 30 years ago was well run, but more time has been spent thinking about the game and analysing it," he said. "It's like passing your driving test, once you get on the road it's a different world.

"I have always thought coaching was an important. Not just practices on the field, it's understanding the whole concept of what coaching is about. Improving players - that can be in one-to-ones, discussions, players understanding their roles in the team, fitness."

More than 40 years after passing his first coaching qualification, the enthusiastic Bassett is still keen to garner as much information as possible.

"I have enjoyed the course," he added. "It's been good entertainment. There have been some good lectures, some good knowledge and some stimulating information. We have all interacted in little groups and got everyone's views.

"It's good to be refreshed and listen to what's being discussed - new ideas, management, coaching, lifestyle, nutrition, fitness. You are speaking to the latest people who have ideas and they are putting them up for people to consider.

"You take information on board and try and learn, and there are one or two things from this course that I will take away and try and find out a bit more about."