Jake Hyland relishing battle with Kevin Sheedy's Waterford in league opener

Tim Clancy’s side lost in the 2018 and 2019 play-offs before finally winning promotion in a dramatic finish to last year’s First Division title race

Waterford manager Kevin Sheedy: 'We learned a lot from the Cork and Wexford (pre-season) games about some of our strengths and weaknesses and spent the week ironing those out'.

Jake Hyland suffered a leg break to go with the heartache of losing successive promotion play-offs.

The 25-year-old midfielder will lead out Drogheda United as Head In The Game Park, as United Park has been renamed, hosts Waterford in the opening game of the new League of Ireland Premier Division season.