SAMPSON AXED Mark Sampson sacked as England women’s manager

ENGLAND WOMEN’S BOSS Mark Sampson has been sacked.

But the Football Association has given Sampson the boot not because of the controversial Eni Aluko case but because of “clear evidence of inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour by a coach” while he was working at Bristol’s Women’s Super League club.

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England Women’s boss Mark Sampson has been sacked by the FA

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The FA saw it was due to an incident when he was manager of Bristol Academy

FA chief executive Martin Glenn said Sampson had “overstepped the professional boundaries between player and coach”.

But Glenn would not give further details beyond saying there was no allegation of the law being broken.

The anonymous claims against Sampson were made in March 2014, three months after he left Bristol Academy WFC to become boss of the Lionesses.

A safeguarding investigation decided Sampson posed no risk and he was cleared to go on working in football in March 2015.

But in the wake of Aluko’s claims of racism and bullying, people outside the FA advised the governing body to look again at the full report into the Bristol case.

And when Glenn and chairman Greg Clarke were made aware of its contents last week, they acted swiftly and Glenn told Sampson he was out yesterday afternoon – just hours after he had watched his team beat Russia 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier.

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The FA state Sampson ‘overstepped the professional boundaries between player and coach’

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FA chief executive Martin Glenn would not give further details beyond saying there was no allegation of the law being broken