English striker who has lent his talents to a variety of teams including Reading, Swindon Town and West Bromwich Albion, leading Football League One in scoring and receiving the Swindon Town Player of The Season award for the 2008-09 season. In 2011, he won the Nations Cup title while representing the Republic of Ireland. He attended Downsway Primary School and Denefield School. He began playing on the youth squad of his hometown team, Reading, in 1996, when he was 9 years old.
