 Later he became the coach of Qatar side Al Rayyan, before returning to England to take up the youth coach position at Aston Villa.He also was the youth coach at Portuguese Sporting Lisbon, the youth coach and chief scout at Gillingham, a coach back at the Coventry City youth set-up, before taking up the position as first team coach of Kuwaitee Al Arabi.In September 1995 he returned to Port Vale as a temporary coach, and departed Vale Park again in May 1996.