Hendon opened their summer campaign with defeat in the annual Jeffrey Over Memorial Cup against Edgware & Kingsbury at Silver Jubilee Park.
Fielding several new faces and trialists throughout the 90 minutes, Kai Brosnan opened the scoring in the second minute before Edgware equalised on 18 minutes, and found a deserved winner in the second half to lift the trophy for the first time.
Focus now moves onto Hendon's second friendly at Harpenden Town on Tuesday night, kick off at 7:30pm.