| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence Miles | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Milton Youth Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1955–1968 | Port Vale | 265 | (17) |
| Sandbach Ramblers | |||
| Eastwood | |||
| Michelin | |||
| Total | 265+ | (17+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Terrence (Terry) Miles (born 7 May 1937) is a former English football midfielder. He played for Port Vale between 1955 and 1968, helping them to the Fourth Division title in 1958–1959. He later turned out for Eastwood, before returning to Vale Park as a coach.
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Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Miles attended Carmountside Secondary Modern, alongside Harry Poole. Miles was slightly younger, though the two would be teammates from their early teens, right into their 30s.
Miles joined Port Vale in June 1955 and became a regular in the first 11 from April 1958 and missed only one match of the 1958–1959 Football League Fourth Division winning season. He was an ever-present in the 1960–61 season. He came the club's first ever playing substitute in the Football League in a 2–0 win over Stockport County at Vale Park on 4 September 1965. However not long after he fell out of favour and was given a free transfer in May 1968. After leaving Vale he played for semi-professional club Sandbach Ramblers, alongside former classmate and Vale teammate Harry Poole. Miles later played for Eastwood and Michelin.[1]
Upon his retirement as a footballer, Miles became the coach and assistant manager of Wolstanton Park Rangers and then schoolboy coach for Port Vale. He left the club after they turned down his recommendation to sign a teenage Adrian Heath,[2] though he remained a keen Vale fan.