KILDARE COUNTY wasted no time in planning for the new season. Just three days after narrowly missing out on promotion from eircom Division One, The Thoroughbreds have named John Ryan as their new manager to replace Eric Hannigan.

Derry City winger Gareth McGlynn is a doubt for tonight’s FAI Cup quarter-final against Kildare County at the Brandywell (7.45pm).

Defender Keith O’Brien, 24, has completed his transfer from Dublin amateur outfit Cherry Orchard to Kildare County this afternoon, as the Thoroughbreds bolster their ranks in their attempts to finish higher than last season’s agonising fifth place.

ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC look set to add to their growing reputation when they face first division side Kildare County in the quarter-final of the FAI Carlsberg Cup at Richmond Park tonight (7.45 ko).