Samuel Ormerod[1] (1848–1906) was an English football player, referee and manager.
Officiating a Bolton Wanderers match in November 1883, he was chased from the ground by a mob and assaulted at the railway station,[2] an event which led the Football Association to threaten Bolton with expulsion.
[3] In 1895 Ormerod was appointed manager of Manchester City, succeeding Joshua Parlby.
In his first season in charge the club finished second in the Second Division, qualifying for the Test Matches, a nineteenth-century equivalent of the promotion play-offs.
[4] City's debut season in the top flight resulted in a comfortable finish in the upper mid-table, and this successful period earned Ormerod the nickname "The Wizard of Longsight".