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Theo Foley (2 April 1937 – 26 June 2020) was an Irish footballer and football manager/coach.

He was born in Inchicore, Dublin in Ireland.^[1]^[2]

Playing career

During his footballing career, he played as a defender for Home Farm, Burnley, Exeter City, Northampton Town and Charlton Athletic.^[3]^[4]

He also appeared nine times for the Republic of Ireland.^[5]^[4]

Coaching career

In the mid 1970's Theo was assistant manager, then manager at Charlton Athletic

This was followed by a spell as assistant manager at Millwall, reserve team coach at Queen's Park Rangers and another spell as assistant manager at Millwall.

In 1986 Theo 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 Theo left to manage Northampton Town

In April 1993 he became youth team coach at Fulham

Author

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

References

^ "Q&A with Theo Foley". She Wore. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Where are they now?". The Irish Times. 4 January 1998. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Theo Foley". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
^ ^a ^b "Arsenal title-winning assistant manager Theo Foley passes away". rte.ie. RTE. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ Theo Foley at National-Football-Teams.com

5. ^ Theo Foley - the Irishman who deserves more than a footnote in footballing history • London Football Scene

External links

Theo Foley at NTFC.premiumtv.co.uk

[1] "Q&A with Theo Foley". She Wore. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[2] "Where are they now?". The Irish Times. 4 January 1998. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[3] "Theo Foley". Barry Hugman's Footballers.

[RTE_death_report-4] "Arsenal title-winning assistant manager Theo Foley passes away". rte.ie. RTE. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[5] Theo Foley at National-Football-Teams.com

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