Bob John coaches West Ham players, Training for new football season starts. The West Ham footballers have reported at Upton Park ground and training for the new season has already started. This season, the team is being coached by Bob John, the former Arsenal Player. Photo shows, Bob John giving a lesson on ball control to members of the West Ham first team at Upton Park, watched by Charles Paynter, the Club's manager trainer (left). 26 July 1938