Post Manchester United
After his coaching stint at United, Foulkes managed several teams. First, he was manager of English non-League club Witney United F.C., which was then known as Witney Town. In 1975, he went to USA where he managed Chicago Sting (1975–77), Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–79) and San Jose Earthquakes (1980). He then travelled to Norway in 1980 to 1988 where he had two managing stints with Steinkjer FK, and also managed IL Bryn, Lillestrøm SK and Viking FK.
When signed as manager for IL Bryn, a very small country side club between Molde and Kristiansund at the Norwegian West Coast, he thought he had signed for the club Bryne IL near by Stavanger, a club that was doing ok in the eighties. He was not happy about the misunderstanding and left Bryn shortly after to take the position as trainer in Lillestrøm SK.
In 1988, he went to Japan and managed F.C. Mazda in Hiroshima until 1991. Then, he finished his involvement with the game and returned to England in 1992.
In October 1992, he auctioned mementoes of his career at Christie's as he needed the money. Twenty items were auctioned, raising almost £35000. All his medals were auctioned, and his European Cup medal raised £11000, while the jersey he wore in the European Cup final raised £1800.
As recently as 2000, he was still coaching for the Manchester FA, and was frequently requested to show Japanese visitors around the stadium, because of his 4-year coaching spell in Japan during which he learnt the Japanese language.
In April 2011, he was portrayed by actor James Callas Ball in the BBC TV drama United, the storyline of which was centred around the Munich air disaster. However, the character of Foulkes had little signifiance in the film and was not listed on the film's credits. Foulkes himself did not take any part in the filming of the drama due to an undisclosed long-term medical condition.
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