Shane Long wins Southampton's goal of the season award after scoring this beauty

The Ireland international has had a somewhat difficult time adjusting to life at St Marys.

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SHANE LONG WON Goal of the Season at Southampton’s annual awards tonight for his stunning recent strike against Aston Villa (see above).

The Ireland international has had a somewhat difficult time adjusting to life at St Marys, appearing more often from the bench than in the starting line-up since his £12million move last summer.

However, the Tipperary native impressed in the club’s recent 6-1 win over Aston Villa, providing him with a welcome confidence boost ahead of Ireland’s vital Euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland in June.

Goal of the season very close run thing that shows it best to score a few days before vote; Shane Long wins and is soo modest
— alyson rudd (@allyrudd_times) May 20, 2015

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WINNER: The Vision Accendo Goal of the Season Award goes to Shane Long for his strike against @avfcofficial. #SFCAw… pic.twitter.com/UWPk3470xe
— SAINTSFC (@S4INTSFC) May 20, 2015

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PHOTO: Goal of the Season scorer @ShaneLong7 picks up his prize from sponsors @VisionAccendo. #sfcawards2015 pic.twitter.com/Cw26Ls6AjR
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) May 20, 2015

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The four #SFCAwards2015 winners — @f6nte, @victorwanyama, Shane Long and @mattytargett! #saintsfc by southamptonfc pic.twitter.com/VEjSNogz01
— SAINTSFC (@S4INTSFC) May 20, 2015

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Thanks to everyone that voted! Really appreciate it! Now onto Sunday! #WeMarchOn 😇 pic.twitter.com/r8EoEwMwT7
— Shane Long (@ShaneLong7) May 20, 2015

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And that goal wasn’t the only impressive aspect of his performance against Villa…

2 - Shane Long is the first player since Luis Suarez in December 2013 to register 2+ goals and 2+ assists in a single PL game. Mayhem.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 16, 2015

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Shane Long wins Southampton's goal of the season award after scoring this beauty

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