Football: Long joins West Brom

LONDON: Ireland striker Shane Long became West Brom’s sixth signing of the summer when he joined from Championship outfit Reading. Long has signed a three-year contract bringing an end to a successful six-year spell at Reading which included a two year stay in the Premier League. West Brom manager Roy Hodgson said that, despite his relative youth Long had enough experience already to go straight into the first team.



Published in The Express Tribune, August 11^th, 2011.