Belstone hit five in revenge mission over Ampthill Town
Ampthill Town's recent run of away games came to a poor end on Saturday when they went down 5-2 at league newcomers Belstone.
The Amps have had only one home game in their last seven outings, and that was when the fixture was reversed when they beat Leighton Town Reserves in the County Cup last month.
But their loss at Belstone was their second defeat in three games and they slipped out of the top five.
Town completed their first double of the season at Rothwell in their previous game, but Saturday's hosts are enjoying a good run of form and their five goal haul was their third in a row.
Town put six past Belstone in September at home but they were a different unit on their own patch and raced into a 3-1 lead before the break.
Josh Gavin gave the Radlett side a good start with a well-taken goal on 15 minutes, and Marley Braithwaite doubled the lead seven minutes later.
Amps cut the lead when Kelvin Osei-Addo broke through to fire home, only for Max Gillard to restore the two goal advantage before the interval when Town failed to clear from a corner.
Ampthill fought to get back into the game but Belstone were in no mood to lose their authority and scored two more in a five minute spell around the 70th minute with Braithwaite snatching a second and substitute Romario Martin completing Town's woe.
Osei-Addo was not finished and pulled a goal back with his second but Town can have few complaints.