Hendon are guaranteed a top three finish after they beat leaders and fellow title contenders Maidstone United 2-1 at Earlsmead this afternoon.

The Greens go into the game at Wingate & Finchley on Monday knowing that winning the remaining six games will secure the league title, no matter what Maidstone and Margate do in their remaining games. But we must make sure we don't get carried away and carry on taking one game at a time.

The worst case scenario is a home play-off semi-final - more details on the play-offs and how they work will appear later.

In front of a crowd of 759, the highest league gate since the visit of AFC Wimbledon in March 2007, it was the visitors who took the lead in the 15th minute through Jay May. Hendon drew level just before half-time when Andre Da Costa fired home another pearl of a free-kick.

The winner came a few minutes into the second period. Kezie Ibe had broken clear in the box but was pulled back by Tom Mills. The referee showed Mills a red card, and Sam Murphy stepped up to send Lee Worgan the wrong way.

As has been the case so often this season, the defence were able to hold firm under pressure, and secure another three points to extend the unbeaten run to 15 games in all competitions.