Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson was the hero for the Eagles in Sunday’s Community Shield win over Liverpool – saving two penalties in the dramatic shootout – and after the game rewarded loyal fans by sticking a cool £1k behind the bar at a London pub.
Dean Henderson The Community Shield Palace Penalty Hero 🧢
Crystal Palace waited 164 years to win their first major trophy – when lifting the FA Cup in May.
However, the Palace trophies are coming thick and fast at the moment – after adding the Community Shield to their SE25 cabinet on Sunday.
The Eagles came from behind twice to see off Premier League champions Liverpool – after drawing 2-2 in normal time and taking the game straight to penalties.
And it was FA Cup penalty hero Dean Henderson, who saved a spot kick from City’s Omar Marmoush in that final, that grabbed the headlines again.
Dean Henderson didn’t have to do much with Liverpool’s first penalty – as, the normally reliable, Mo Salah saw his kick end up in row Z.
And with Palace’s Jean-Philippe Mateta scoring Palace’s first – the Eagles were in the early driving seat.
Which is when Dean Henderson added to Palace’s Community Shield hopes by saving Liverpool’s next penalty from Alexis Mac Allister.
The England keeper then stopped Liverpool’s fourth spot kick from Harvey Elliott – leaving Palace sub Justin Devenny to win it for the Eagles.
Get The Beers In: Community Shield Hero Dean Henderson Pops Into Palace Pub To Put £1k Behind The Bar 🍻
Fresh from winning their second major trophy in three months, and among the Palace celebrations – it also emerged that shootout hero Henderson popped into a Palace pub on the way home to put £1k behind the bar.
Henderson was still wearing the cap he wore in the game when taking selfies with Palace fans in The Alsopp Arms, which is in Marylebone in North-West London.
And to the amazement of Palace fans, Henderson also plonked a cool £1k of his own money behind the bar for loyal Palace fans to carry on the celebrations.
Palace fans will be hoping for more to cheer about this week too.
As the club find out on Monday if their appeal to the Court Of Arbitration For Sport has been successful.
For winning the FA Cup, Palace also won a place in this season’s Europa League, but with wranglings over multi-club ownership rules were relegated down to the lesser Europa Conference League.
The Eagles have appealed this decision and will find out the outcome on Monday 11th August.
👏 What a legend Deano is. He has just stopped off at The Alsopp Arms and dropped a £1k off at the bar to buy everyone a drink. Legend. Totally gets this club. @cpfc72 pic.twitter.com/JiUfCpvCog
— Palace Report (@PalaceReport) August 10, 2025
Former Manchester United youth player Dean Henderson (28) joined the Eagles from Nottingham Forest in 2023 for £15m and is now their regular between the sticks.
With the South London club full of confidence ahead of the new season, which starts on Friday (15th August), Palace are 33/1 with the football betting sites to win the FA Cup again.
Henderson, who likes wearing a cap when playing, has also notched three England caps so far.
But you feel after his heroics in both the FA Cup and Community Shield finals, the Palace keeper might be adding to that number this season.
With England’s next games against Andorra on September 6th at home and away against Serbia three days later.
Community Shield Penalties – The Full Story ⚽
- Salah (Liverpool) – missed
- Mateta (Palace) – scored
- Mac Allister (Liverpool) – saved
- Eze (Palace)- saved
- Gakpo (Liverpool) – scored
- Sarr (Palace)- scored
- Elliott (Liverpool) – saved
- Sosa (Palace)- missed
- Szoboszlai (Liverpool) – scored
- Devenny (Palace)- scored
