batsford suffered heart trouble and decided to leave wealdstone, but he recovered sufficiently to coach at queen's park rangers, then serve as general manager of dulwich hamlet before running the millwall youth team again and also acting as a talent scout for dave bassett during his former protégé's managerial stints with watford, sheffield united and nottingham forest. in 2004-05 he held the honorary position of president of his first club, walton & hersham.