JORDAN Storey scored his first goal for Preston North End as the Lilywhites won 4-1 at QPR in the Championship on Saturday.
Storey, 21, grew up in South Petherton and is becoming a regular in the Preston back four following his summer move from Exeter City.
The centre-half opened his Championship account in style, volleying Paul Gallagher's free-kick into the top corner at the far post to put his side 2-0 to the good at Loftus Road.
See the goal below (second tweet in):
🎥 A superb ball in by @Gally_7 was flicked on by @BenDavies1108 before a terrific effort from @jordanstorey2 was fired in to the top corner, the young defender's first goal for the club! 🚀
— Preston North End FC (@pnefc) January 20, 2019
Watch all the goals on iFollow PNE ➡️ https://t.co/TrIjTrEoIW #pnefc pic.twitter.com/WmVUzxjOxY
He was one of three North End players to score their first goals for the club in the victory - Storey's former Exeter teammate Jayden Stockley bagged the opener and Brad Potts put the icing on the cake with the fourth.
Storey, who represented Chard Town Under-18s before being spotted by Exeter, has now made 14 appearances for Alex Neil's side in his first season in the second tier and is going from strength to strength.
His first goal comes just a week after Storey was named man of the match in the previous weekend's 1-1 draw at home to Swansea City.
Saturday's win at QPR kept Preston in 18th and moved them 10 points clear of the bottom three.
The 21-year-old defender spoke to the Chard & Ilminster News in October about his South Somerset background and how he was settling in at Deepdale - click here to read the interview.
Storey has become an instant hit with the Preston faithful, as the following tweets show...
Jordan Storey going all the way to the top, fantastic player #pnefc
— Ben (@bengentle1) January 19, 2019
Jordan Storey is the next England captain. #storeyforengland
— Chris Adams (@ChrisAdams014) January 19, 2019
Look out for young Preston centre back Jordan Storey ... class act
— Stephen Moat (@StephenMoat1) January 12, 2019
Thank you Exeter for giving us storey and stockley 2 fantastic players! #pnefc #exetercity
— Kimberley Ramshead (@kimramshead) January 19, 2019
Davies & Storey 😍#pnefc
— Sam Wilson (@willowche) January 19, 2019
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