Kenny Browne signs on for another year with Waterford

Waterford have announced the re-signing of defender Kenny Browne for a further year with the Premier Division side.

This will be the 32-year-old’s third successive year at the RSC, having played a pivotal role in the Blues’ defence since his return to the south-east at the start of the 2017 campaign.

Browne won the First Division under the guidance of manager Alan Reynolds before playing a pivotal role in the club reaching the Europa League after a fourth-place finish last term.

“I’m really happy to sign back,” the former Sporting Fingal and St Patrick’s Athletic defensive rock told the club’s official media team.  

“Pre-season is all about fitness and getting ready for the season, it’s never easy, but that’s what I’m working on at the moment.

“Training has been good, there’s some really good, young, quick lads after joining the squad and they’re hungry to make a mark.

“It’s a much-changed squad to last season so it’s tough to put a prediction on the season but we’re here to compete, definitely.

“Dundalk and a few others will be very strong, but we’ll be looking to compete like we have done and build on the last few seasons.”

Reynolds added: “Kenny is a fans’ favourite here so it’s great that he’s signed for the new season. He showed his quality again last season and he’ll be an important player.

“He has lots of experience in league football but also in European football, so we’ll look to use that to help some of the younger lads this season.

“He’s played with Cork, St Pats and Sporting Fingal so he knows what we need to do.

“Training has gone well and he’s working very hard at the moment so it’s great to have him in the squad again this season.”