Theo Foley


Theo Foley was an Irish footballer and football manager/coach.
He was born in Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland.

Playing career

During his footballing career, he played as a defender for Home Farm, Exeter City, Northampton Town and Charlton Athletic.
He also appeared nine times for the Republic of Ireland.

Coaching career

In the mid 1970s Foley was assistant manager, then manager, at Charlton Athletic.
This was followed by a spell as assistant manager at Millwall F.C., reserve team coach at Queen's Park Rangers and another spell as assistant manager at Millwall.
In 1986 Foley became assistant manager of Arsenal, working with manager George Graham. Their focus on organised defence and strong running resulted in winning a League Cup and Football League Title together.
In May 1990 Foley left Arsenal to manage Northampton Town.
In April 1993 he became youth team coach at Fulham.

Author

In October 2018, Foley published his autobiography "Theo Give Us A Ball" which he wrote with his son Paul.

Death

Foley died on 26 June 2020, aged 83.