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Long: One game left to change our lives

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND hotshot Shane Long believes good things come to those who wait.

Long: One game left to change our lives

Thu, 19 May, 2011 - 01:00

Phil Cadden

The Reading striker sent the Royals into the npower Championship play-off final with a brace in the comprehensive 3-0 victory over Cardiff City.

But latecomer Long only took up football 11 years ago after an upbringing in hurling across the Irish Sea.

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