Hendon experienced a humbling first defeat of the season at the hands of local rivals Wingate & Finchley with the Blues winning 6-1.
A clinical first half saw goals from Ayo Tanimowo, Ben Frempah, Jaiden Drakes-Thomas, and Ogo Obi put the visitors 4-0 up before Obi completed his treble within the first 10 minutes of the restart.
Sam Adenola pulled a goal back with 25 minutes to go, but Wingate could afford the luxury of a penalty hitting the crossbar as they mvoed into 4th in the table.