St Joseph's N.S.

09.06.09
St. Joseph's N.S. received a second very welcome visit from Shane Long today. He was the guest of honour at our Open Afternoon. Shane was also responsible for officially raising our Green Flag. Everyone associated with the school would like to thank Shane for giving so generously of his time yet again. Shane posed for photographs and gave autographs and even delighted our young soccer players by joining them out on the field for a game. He even donated a signed training ball used by himself and such famous Irish players as Kevin Doyle, Stephen Hunt, and Noel Hunt.
For more on our Open Afternoon and Official Flag Raising click here.

Left- Shane presents St Joseph's N.S. Principal, Mrs. Mally Noonan with a signed Reading FC training ball.
Below - Shane enjoys a kickabout with some future Irish Internationals.

19.06.08
The students of St Joseph's got a nice surprise when Irish International soccer star Shane Long dropped in to say hello on Thursday, June 19th. Accompanied by his mother Anne, Shane spent about an hour in the school answering questions and signing autographs. I'm sure Shane was impressed at how closely his career is being followed by his young fans and he was happy to answer the many informed and relevant questions he was asked. After signing some autographs and posing for some photos Shane was whisked down to the prefab to take in a drum recital performed by the students.
Before he left Shane very kindly left a pair of his boots and his signed Ireland v Colombia jersey for the school to raffle during our Open Evening. Thanks to Shane there was great demand for tickets and the raffle was a huge sucess. Sixth Class student Paul Butler was the envy of all when his ticket secured him the jersey whereas Mrs. Margaret Power by all accounts hasn't taken her new boots off yet!

THE LONGVIEW
Keep track of Shane's career on stjosephsns.net

Details correct as of Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Appearances and goals include all senior League and Cup games.


Goals

Monday, April 27th, 2009 v Norwich C (h) 2-0
Shane scores both goals in this win. Both are headers from Kebe crosses in the 68th and 78th minutes
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 v Derby County (a) 2-0
Shane grabs the second goal in the 73rd minute.
Tuesday, March 10th 2009 v Charlton Athletic (h) 2-2
Two goals for Shane, the first in the 47th minute from a penalty which he had earned himself and the second a header in the 67th. minute.
Tuesday, March 3rd. 2009 v Sheffield Wednesday (a) 2-1
Shane scores the winner from twelve yards in the 81st. minute. Mr Gleeson is not happy.
Sunday, December 28th 2008 v Southampton (a) 1-1
Shane heads the equaliser in the 84th minute
Saturday, December 13th. 2008 v Norwich C (h) 2-0
An 86th minute header seals the points for Reading.
Saturday, Oct 4th. 2008 v Burnley (h) 3-1
Shane makes it 3-0 when he finishes Kevin Doyle's low cross to the net.

For further information on Shane and his Reading FC teamates check out the official Reading FC website here.
Shane's profile on the site can be found here.