Dinner will be on Spanish midfielder Luisma Villa after Sam Muggleton scored his first professional goal in Barnet's 4-0 win over Southport on Saturday.

The left-back stayed alert to latch onto substitute Michael Gash's perfectly-weighted ball in behind the visitors' defence and nod over stranded Port goalkeeper Callum Burton at the death.

And Muggleton's maiden strike means housemate Luisma will be forking out for dinner after the pair, who live together in club accommodation on Camrose Avenue, struck a bet earlier in the season.

Speaking after Saturday's win, the former Racing Santander midfielder revealed all: "One more for me which I am happy about but I’m also very happy for Muggsy.

"We have spoken a few times in the house about it and have a bet going whereby he promised that if I reach 20 goals for the season he’ll buy me dinner and I turned around and said to him if you even score one goal then I’ll buy you dinner - so I guess now I have to put my money where my mouth is.

"He is a kid who works so hard during training and is very humble. When you see people working so hard and then good things happen to them like scoring a goal, it is a wonderful thing," he enthused.

The Bees were made to work hard for the points, with the eventual scoreline ultimately flattering Martin Allen's side following a sluggish start to the second half which saw both sides fail to get a foothold in the game.

"Graham Stack certainly had to save us on one or two occasions with some crucial stops when it was still 1-0," acknowledged Luisma. "One from a chance down the right where he tipped it wide and another where he palmed a long-range shot over.

"The scoreline may have been 4-0 but we had to dig deep during that second half."

He continued: "It has all worked out well. After a difficult period we needed to draw a line under it and it was certainly a very important victory. It wasn’t always pretty, but winning was the only thing that mattered and that is what we did.

"It was important mentally to record a win after a couple of fairly bad games. It was great to draw a line under that and gain some more confidence in order to get back to playing the type of football that we have been all season."

Luisma was often found occupying a more central role than his usual right-wing berth - something Allen explained had not been by design - but the 25-year-old playmaker thrived regardless.

He mused: "I do enjoy playing through the middle because it is where you can pick the ball up in areas from which you can hurt your opponent, but I think it only came about today because we were moving the ball very well with lots of fluidity so those spaces were opening up for us to turn into and create chances.

"Personally I was very pleased with the goal, it is always nice to score and this season I have certainly been more prolific in front of goal than I have ever been."