Former England manager Graham Taylor, Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill, Director of Football Development Sir Trevor Brooking and Dave Bassett were amongst a number of famous faces who undertook the two day course, which concluded on Monday 22 January.

All those who attended already hold an existing FA Full Badge, but pending the passing of certain tasks, will convert their qualification to the modern day equivalent, known as the UEFA A Licence.

Once a coach attains the UEFA A Licence, they are eligible to take the UEFA Pro-Licence, which is the highest coaching qualification available.

"These are experienced coaches who have all qualified on the pitch ten, 15, 20 years ago," explained Course Director John Peacock.

"The FA Full Badge was, however, entirely practically based and the course syllabus has evolved since then.

"It was simply a case of the group updating their knowledge through the FA coach education scheme.

"They all have an exceptional level of practical coaching from their previous qualifications and from coaching on the training ground everyday, but they have now added blocks of theoretical modules.

"The purpose of the course is to update their knowledge in terms of modern aspects to do with psychology, communication, planning and preparation, match analysis, emergency aid and other general coaching issues besides the transfer of their award into the UEFA system to retain their status as FA qualified coaches."

Like the other FA courses today, the delivery took a number of forms ranging from guest speakers to group work to problem solving exercises.

The FA Learning philosophy that runs through all FA courses now in all disciplines is a far more modern way of learning - the staff facilitate discussions, impart information but primarily encourage students to share experience and learn from each other," added Peacock.

TheFA.com spoke with Martin O'Neill, Dave Bassett, Graham Taylor and Sir Trevor Brooking - stay logged on to hear what they had to say about the course and coaching in general.