Martin John Foyle (born 2 May 1963) is an English former professional footballer and manager who is the Head of Recruitment at Scottish Premiership club St Mirren.

After retiring as a player, he managed Port Vale's youth team and, in February 2004, took charge of first-team affairs, eventually leaving the club in September 2007 by mutual consent.

[5] In the next round, Foyle came on as a sixth-minute substitute for Mark Wright, who had broken his nose in a collision with his goalkeeper, Alistair Sperring, but was unable to prevent Southampton going out 2–1 to Rotherham United.

[1][3] He made 98 appearances and scored 35 goals in the league for Aldershot, as the "Shots" posted mid-table finishes in the Fourth Division in 1984–85 under Ron Harris.

[13] During the following season, Foyle was part of the team which won the Football League Trophy and narrowly missed out on automatic promotion before losing the play-off final against West Bromwich Albion.

He played from the start of the Football League Trophy final win over Stockport County and provided an assist for Bernie Slaven's goal.

[citation needed] One of his 20 goals in the 1994–95 season was the winner in Vale's 1–0 victory in the Potteries derby at the Victoria Ground in 1995, and later he was voted as the club's player of the year for 1995.

[citation needed] During his time at Port Vale, Foyle scored 108 goals, which made him the club's record post-war goalscorer until Tom Pope overtook this tally in 2020.

[16][17] Some of his important goals include a late equaliser in a League Cup tie at Liverpool in 1991, two at Brighton which sealed promotion in 1994, and one in a game at Huddersfield Town in 1998 which saved the club from relegation.

[20] Foyle took over first-team responsibilities at the club on 13 February 2004 after Brian Horton left by mutual consent,[21] and the team narrowly missed out on a play-off place on goal difference at the end of the 2003–04 season.

[22] Following the end of the season, Foyle aimed to keep players at the club,[23] but eventually lost top scorer Stephen McPhee and midfielder Marc Bridge-Wilkinson.

[24] The club also had to make massive cut backs due to having just come out of administration and when Steve Brooker (a player signed by Horton on Foyle's recommendation)[25] was sold to Bristol City any chance of a play-off push was unlikely.

[25] Despite the improvements, the standard of football on offer was becoming a concern to some, with losses to League Two Hereford United in the FA Cup and at eventually relegated Chesterfield singled out in particular for criticism.

With a positive pre-season, which included beating a young Manchester United team and some exciting prospects signing, things appeared to be looking up, with chairman Bill Bratt claiming that the club's ambition would be challenging for play-off places.

[26] He revealed his interest in taking the vacant managerial position at Lincoln City in October,[27] but he eventually joined Wrexham in January 2008 as first-team coach to manager Brian Little[28] and signed a new two-year contract with the club in May.

He and Brian Carey took over as joint-caretaker managers on 27 September 2008 after Little left the club during their first season in the Conference Premier,[29] while Foyle was placed as the bookmaker's favourites to succeed Little.

[33] Foyle's first game in charge finished in a 1–1 draw at his home town club, Salisbury City,[34] who were managed by his former Southampton teammate Nick Holmes.

[57] Going into the season, he further bolstered the squad's links to Forest Green by bringing in striker Phil Marsh and defender Chris Todd on loan.

Hereford struggled in the 2013–14 season, and off the pitch faced a serious financial crisis, which meant that Foyle admitted the entire playing staff would have to leave the club in the summer of 2014.

[63][64] Despite this, he won the Conference Manager of the Month award for January 2014 after Hereford went four games unbeaten amidst their growing financial crisis.

[70] With Southport sitting in the Conference Premier relegation zone following a 5–2 defeat to Woking at Haig Avenue, he left the club by mutual consent on 5 October 2014.

[73] Speaking in September 2019, "Well" scout Martyn Corrigan credited Foyle with bringing a high calibre of players to Fir Park, calling him a "workaholic" with an encyclopedic knowledge of the English football's lower leagues.