Hunt stays focused as Royals almost up

Ireland international Noel Hunt can smell the scent of the Premier League football with Reading but isn’t getting carried away just yet.

The Championship leaders will even clinch promotion tonight if they beat Nottingham Forest and West Ham fail to win at Bristol City. A draw for Hunt’s side would be enough if the Hammers lose.

For Hunt, to see the top-flight on the horizon after close on a decade slogging it out represents manna from heaven.