After his retirement as a player he became the first team trainer, a job he held for 11 years.
[3] He was signed from Aston St Marys where he played his early football as an amateur.
In 1905 he won the FA Cup after Aston Villa beat Newcastle United 2–0.
Alf Miles retired in the summer of 1914 having played a total of 269 league and cup games.
[4] Miles was called as a witness at the trial of George Stagg, who was found guilty of the murder of Aston Villa's defender Tommy Ball in November 1923.