Handbook: Hints to Players

Author: Dr. W.F. Hooper

Originally published in 1925 and distributed to the players of Bohemian F.C., Hints to Players is one of the first football coaching manuals written and published in Ireland. Complete with hand drawn tactical diagrams “Hints to players” covered everything from tactics, to fitness and match preparation while also correctly predicting tactical changes that would soon come to dominate football.

William Hooper was a star player for Bohemians at the turn of the century, before playing important roles as an administrator and club doctor for Bohemians as well as being the long serving president of the FAI. Republished for the first time in over a century this new edition features an introduction and short biography of Hooper, written by Bohemian F.C. historian Brian Trench.