The news was announced this morning.
Marc Bircham's time as Waterford manager has come to an end.
The club have terminated his contract, just three days before their promotion/relegation play-off against UCD.
In a statement on Twitter this morning, Bircham said he had been suspended for a week by the club after 'a difference of opinion' with the owner in a text exchange last night.
Waterford subsequently announced the sacking of the Englishman.

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