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Having toured the world coaching in Australia, the United States, Canada and especially in Africa, Matthews returned to [[Stoke-on-Trent]] with wife Mila in 1989.<ref>{{harvnb|Matthews|2000|p=577}}</ref> The couple moved to ''The Views'' in [[Penkhull]], a [[listed building]] which was the birthplace of Sir [[Oliver Lodge]].<ref>[http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/015.htm Website of Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030154527/http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/015.htm |date=30 October 2021 }} retrieved Mar 2017.</ref> He later served as president of [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] and honorary vice-president of [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]
Matthews remained physically fit into his seventies and eighties. He undertook early-morning runs, had never smoked and was a vegetarian for years, fasting for one day a week. He suffered a heart attack in May 1997.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sir+Stanley+Matthews+1915-2000%3A+A+Potteries+hero%3B+Stanley+stayed...-a060517953 Sir Stanley Matthews 1915–2000: A Potteries hero; Stanley stayed loyal to his beloved] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119163502/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sir+Stanley+Matthews+1915-2000:+A+Potteries+hero;+Stanley+stayed...-a060517953 |date=19 November 2021 }}. ''The Birmingham Post'' (24 February 2000).</ref> He died in North Staffordshire Nuffield Hospital in [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]] on 23 February 2000, aged 85,<ref name = ODNB/>
His death was announced on the radio just before starting an [[Argentina–England football rivalry|England v Argentina]] friendly match. He was [[Cremation|cremated]] following a funeral service in Stoke on 3 March 2000. His funeral was attended by many of his fellow footballers, such as [[Bobby Charlton]] and [[Jack Charlton]], [[Gordon Banks]], [[Nat Lofthouse]] and [[Tom Finney]]. His ashes were buried beneath the centre circle of Stoke City's [[Britannia Stadium]], which he had officially opened in August 1997.<ref>[http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~2240216,00.html "A Bit of Matthews History"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211122931/http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~2240216,00.html |date=11 December 2010 }} – Blackpool F.C.'s official website, 9 December 2010.</ref> After his death, more than 100,000 people lined the streets of Stoke-on-Trent to pay tribute.<ref>''[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)|The Sentinel]]'', 19 November 2005.</ref>
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