Football manager sacked after three days is convicted rapist who attacked woman in Manchester flat

A semi-professional football club manager sacked after just three days in charge is a convicted rapist who attacked a young woman in a Manchester city centre flat, it has emerged. Samuel Wilson's contract with Warrington Rylands FC was terminated earlier this week, CheshireLive reports.

Wilson joined Rylands in 2021 as a player and was appointed as joint interim manager last month. He was appointed as permanent manager on a two-year contract on Saturday after guiding the club to the Northern Premier League promotion play-offs.

But on Tuesday night, the club announced it had terminated his contract 'by mutual consent'. Wilson was convicted aged 24 of the rape of a woman.

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Rylands, which competes in the Northern Premier League at the seventh tier of English football, did not reply when asked by the BBC whether Mr Wilson's conviction was related to his departure.

Mr Wilson confirmed his contract had been terminated in a phone call to the BBC.

Manchester Crown Court previously heard Wilson, then aged 21, attacked the woman after she went back with a friend of his to a rented Manchester city centre flat following a night out in May 2013. She had consensual sex with Wilson's friend.

Then Wilson, who had not even spoken to the woman, entered the room and then forced himself on her, the Manchester Evening News reported at the time. She fled the apartment and immediately called police.

Wilson was sentenced to five years in prison in September 2015. The judge at Manchester Crown Court ordered Wilson to sign the Sex Offenders' Register for life.

At the time, Det Con Sophie Swift, from GMP's Serious