Born in
Hamilton, Foyers joined local
Junior side
Burnbank Swifts from Palace Colliery and won back to back
Scottish Junior Cup titles in 1889 and 1890. He was also one of four Swifts players to play in the first ever Scottish Junior international fixture against England on 11 May 1889. After initially stepping up to
Edinburgh club
Heart of Midlothian in 1890, it was after switching to
St Bernard's that Foyers' form earned him firstly a representative appearance for the
Scottish Football Alliance XI against the rival
Scottish Football League in 1892, followed by two caps for
Scotland, both against
Wales, in 1893 and 1894. He also lifted the
Scottish Cup as St Bernard's defeated
Renton in the
1894–95 final. He returned to St Bernard's in 1897 before ending his career with short spells at
Clyde and
Hamilton Academical. A mechanical engineer to trade, Foyers died in August 1942 at the age of 74. ==References==