'No risk’ to Waterford FC as owner awaits sentencing

OPENING UP: Waterford owner Andy Pilley, left, and Fleetwood Town head coach Scott Brown at the opening of the Waterford FC official club store and matchday ticket office before the SSE Airtricity Men's First Division match between Waterford and Cobh Ramblers at the RSC in Waterford. Photo by Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

Waterford insist it’s business as usual after Andy Pilley’s fraud conviction, adamant they’d made contingencies for the guilty verdict delivered on Friday.

The charges relating to sale practices at his energy company had been laid against the businessman before he decided last August to add the League of Ireland First Division outfit to a portfolio that includes Fleetwood Town, a club where his investment formed the backbone of their ascent from the lower reaches of the non-league ladder to League One.