Enfield Borough were given a taste of their own medicine by Hillingdon Borough at the Maurice Rebak Stadium on Saturday as the hosts slumped to a 5-1 defeat.

On several occasions this season a burst of quick-fire scoring has seen Enfield take the match out of the opposition’s reach, but this time Hillingdon’s second-half spell of four goals in 11 minutes inflicted the biggest defeat of the season on The Panthers.

“We came out on the front foot in the first half, took the lead and looked fairly comfortable,” assistant manager Roy Bleau said. “Unfortunately we conceded just before the interval but at half-time we told them to go out and play the same as they had been.

“However from then on it was a completely different contest, men against boys, and we have to learn from this match and ensure that we don’t make the same mistakes again or the better teams in this league will punish us.”

Enfield took the lead midway through the first half when Brandon Mckenna took a corner short to Tage Kennedy and his low cross was prodded home from close range by Thomas Opoku.

Hillingdon withdrew leading scorer Marcus Greenidge and replaced him with player/manager Kurt Herbert in what would prove to be a decisive move. But it appeared that Borough would go into the break with a lead until a stoppage-time equaliser.

Frank Chandler failed to make a routine clearance and Sean Peters took one touch to control the ball before dispatching it into the net.

The match reached the hour mark with no addition to the score, but Kayne James-Thompson then lost out in a challenge with Kyle Fredericks and the visitors’ full-back benefited from a fortunate rebound before scoring from 20 yards.

It got worse for Borough six minutes later when Herbert made it 3-1 from a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area.

Herbert was involved in all of Hillingdon’s attacks and he had a hand in their fourth goal three minutes later.

James-Thompson failed to control an awkward pass inside his own half. Amin Bellaid and Herbert launched a swift counter attack and within seconds the former once more had the ball in the net.

Two minutes later Herbert and Peters combined to open up a dispirited Enfield defence before Herbert dinked the ball over Brandon Walsh and in off the underside of the crossbar.