Deal Town defender Jack Penny cashes in on a memorable afternoon as he earns £20 from a fan while scoring twice in 2-0 win over Bearsted directly from corners

Deal’s Jack Penny cashed in on a memorable afternoon - literally!

The defender, quite incredibly, struck twice directly from corners in the Hoops’ 2-0 Southern Counties East Premier Division win over Bearsted last Saturday.

Three years ago, ex-Cardiff midfielder Solomon Taiwo - then at Faversham - won a beer from a fan after he accepted a challenge to score direct from a corner.

While no alcohol was involved, Penny’s second set-piece strike did earn him £20 from a supporter who told him he didn’t think he could pull off the feat again after he had opened the scoring.

“I have never seen it twice in a game,” said manager Steve King.

“But if he wants to do it again, I’m not going to complain! It was a little bit of a freak in that respect, but there’s no complaints from me.

“He didn’t quite win a beer but that did happen.”

Ex-Ramsgate man Penny broke the deadlock at the Charles Sports Ground in front of a crowd of 423 just before the hour mark and added a second, six minutes from time.

He could have completed an unlikely hat-trick, too, but hit the post.

King said: “It was something we had looked at before the game.

“We had a very big side out on Saturday. We knew they had a younger, slightly inexperienced, keeper.

“Obviously we were not planning to score directly from them. But they were brilliant balls in, the second one in particular.

“Jack Penny has been outstanding for us all season. In terms of goal contributions, he has more than 20.

“There’s a little bit of luck involved. They could look at it and say they could have defended it better.

“But they were both outstanding deliveries.

"Jack’s someone I really rate.”

Deal remain well in the hunt for a second-placed finish, too.

Despite having a Kent Senior Trophy Final to