Waterford owner Andy Pilley's fraud trial set for next week

The Blues take on Shels in a FAI Cup semi-final next week.

Waterford owner Andy Pilley at the RSC.

Waterford FC’s owner Andy Pilley is due to go on trial for fraud from next Monday, the same week his new club host Damien Duff’s Shelbourne in the FAI Cup semi-final.

On Thursday Mr Pilley, together with his sister Michelle Davidson and co-defendants Lee Qualter and Joel Chapman, sat together in the dock at Preston Crown Court for a pre-trial hearing before Judge Knowles.