Kildare clubs turn back on McGeeney

Kildare clubs have sensationally voted against re-instating Kieran McGeeney as manager of their senior football team at their county board meeting last night.

Despite pleas from the playing squad and the county board, the clubs decided to seek an alternative management team by a solitary vote, 29 to 28.

McGeeney has been in charge of Kildare since 2008 and led the county to five successive All-Ireland quarter-finals before that run was halted with a defeat to Tyrone in the qualifiers this summer.