Long’s road winds back to Cork

Shane Long returns to his point of departure this evening when West Bromwich Albion visit Leeside to play Cork City in a friendly game which will be both a little nostalgia trip for the Republic of Ireland striker and also another chance to impress his club boss on the eve of a new Premier League season.

“It will be the first time that I’ll be back at Turner’s Cross since I played there for Cork,” says the Tipperary-born Long.

“The one game I played there was against Bray Wanderers. I came on for the last 10 or 15 minutes, and I think we won 1-0. I didn’t get to score, but it was nice to play there and I can’t wait to get back there again.