Former St Mirren and East Kilbride ace among hat-trick of Rutherglen Glencairn signings

Former St Mirren and East Kilbride ace among hat-trick of Rutherglen Glencairn signings

Rutherglen Glencairn have added former Queen鈥檚 Park midfielder Anton Brady to their ranks amid a hat-trick of signings this week. The West of Scotland Premier League side are keen to strengthen after losing a host of players over the summer and 31-year-old Brady brings plenty of experience alongside new young defensive duo Aidan Shields, 19, and Danny Boyle, 20, from Caledonian Locos and St Cadoc鈥檚, respectively. Brady started out at St Mirren and has enjoyed spells at East Kilbride, Spiders and Stranraer in the SPFL, while spending last season at St Cadoc鈥檚. And Glens gaffer is thrilled with the additions after eight players 鈥 Kyle Chrystal, Danny Connor, Roan Fitzpatrick, Scott Jarvie, Jack McIlveen, Chris White and Allan Woodhouse 鈥 moved on and stalwart Martin McBride retired. Pryce said: 鈥淲e need reinforcements and we need quality for the Premier League and that鈥檚 what these three boys will add. 鈥淎nton is a really good footballer. He鈥檚 exactly the type that suits us as a player and a person. 鈥淭he other two young lads we have brought in are boys with bags of potential. They will do really well for us as well. 鈥淲ith Aidan, his dad and his brother both played for the club so he has a bit to live up to, but he certainly looks the part. We鈥檝e seen him at training and he is a good, composed defender so I think he will do well for us. 鈥淢yself and Willie Harvey had Aidan鈥檚 dad Joe at Blantyre Vics as well, he was a big no-nonsense striker and his brother Callum came in and did really well for us at centre-back. 鈥淲ith Danny Boyle, he鈥檚 come in from St Cadoc鈥檚 and is similar to Aidan. He is a younger player who is good on the ball and a strong, composed defender who likes to play. 鈥淭hese are all really good additions and I am sure there will be news this week of another couple coming in when the players鈥 contracts end at the end of June. 鈥淲e are looking to recruit quite a few more because we have lost a bundle through pre-season. Players have moved on to other clubs. 鈥淲e are disappointed to see them go but that鈥檚 the way the game is. We will try to bring in players who will be committed to playing in the Premier League for us.鈥 Meanwhile, Pryce paid tribute to midfielder McBride who has called time on a career that saw him feature for the likes of Queen鈥檚 Park, East Kilbride, Partick Thistle, Albion Rovers and Stranraer. McBride made 90 appearances for the Glens and Pryce said: 鈥淢artin has been excellent for us, he鈥檚 been a great servant and not just for us, for all the clubs he has been at. His experience and his calmness in the changing room and on the park was invaluable through the promotion run last season. 鈥淗e leaves with the best wishes of everyone at the club. He has been terrific throughout his career and he showed that, right up to his last game when he marshalled the defence to the clean sheet that got us promoted. 鈥淲e are sure we will see him again at some stage because he has got too much to offer the game of football to stop altogether.鈥

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