Jonathan Walters spearheads hunt for Waterford boss after Danny Searle sacking

Brian Murphy will take interim charge but the Blues are welcoming expressions of interest in the vacant role.

GONE: Waterford head coach Danny Searle before the SSE Airtricity League Promotion / Relegation Play-off match between UCD and Waterford at Richmond Park in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Jonathan Walters will lead the search for Waterford’s new manager after Danny Searle was sacked by the pre-season First Division promotion favourite just five games into the campaign.

Searle was appointed boss last June and despite missing out on promotion by losing the playoff against UCD, he was handed a contract extension in November by Andy Pilley, the Fleetwood Town owner who took over the Irish club last August.