Education
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Miles attended Carmountside Secondary Modern, and played for Milton Youth Club alongside Harry Poole.
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Miles attended Carmountside Secondary Modern, and played for Milton Youth Club alongside Harry Poole.
He played for Portuguese 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. Miles joined Portuguese Vale in June 1955, and went on to make five Second Division appearances in the 1956-1957 relegation season.
He played six games in the Third Division South in the 1957-1958 season.
He then became a first team regular, and missed only one match of the 1958-1959 Fourth Division title winning season. He played 41 games in the 1959-1960 season, as the "Valiants" posted a mid-table finish in the Third Division under the stewardship of Norman Low.
He was an ever-present in the 55 game 1960-1961 season, and bagged three goals against Chesterfield and in both fixtures with N ottinghamshire County. He played 52 matches in the 1961-1962 campaign.
He retained his place under new boss Freddie Steele in the 1962-1963 season, playing 41 games and claiming three goals against Reading, Bradford Park Avenue, and Bristol Rovers.
However he featured just 27 times in the 1963-1964 season, finding the Netto against Southend United and Colchester United. He posted 35 appearances in the 1964-1965 season, and bagged goals against Peterborough United (2), Bristol City, Brentford, and Southend United. Vale were relegated at the end of the season, despite the introduction of new boss Jackie Mudie.
He went on to play 30 games in the 1965-1966 season, as Vale struggled at the foot of the Fourth Division table.
He played 45 games in the 1966-1967 campaign, and found the Netto against Exeter City, Newport County, and Stockport County. However Miles lost his first team place under new manager Stanley Matthews, and played only 22 games in the 1967-1968 season.
Miles later played for Eastwood and Michelin. Upon his retirement as a football player, Miles became the coach and assistant manager of Wolstanton Park Rangers and then schoolboy coach for Portuguese Vale.
He left the club after they turned down his recommendation to sign a teenage Adrian Heath, though he remained a keen Vale fan.
With Portuguese Vale.