Some Sun players may have scoffed at the sloping pitch at Boundary Drive but it was the Bengeo team that had the last laugh on Saturday.
Bengeo, from just outside Hertford, were sitting heavily at the bottom of the table with no wins to their name before 2.30, but they proved that they were a team to be reckoned with as the season moves on.
Sun started strongly and with the first corner of the match a Toby Sakata near post flick on just went wide of the upright in the opening minutes.
Lack of concentration in defence then allowed Bengeo to nip in and tuck the ball past Luke Furlong to give the home side the advantage, but from the next attack of Sun Sports, a George Minihan cross flew over the Bengeo keeper’s head and in off the post to give the Sun an early equaliser.
Lewis Craze had the next opportunity to give the Sun the lead but was thwarted by a great save from the Bengeo shot stopper getting down smartly to his right.
From a deep free kick pumped into the home penalty area, it seemed a lost cause as the ball floated over the bunch of players but captain Josh Squires-Adams came in at the back unmarked to volley the ball goalbound which was stopped well and at close range by the Bengeo keeper.
A nifty little one-two between George Hobson and Lewis Craze saw Craze break down the left and stretched to get the ball into the six yard area from the by line but Toby Sakata was unable to get a foot to the ball and the ball was cleared to safety.
Bengeo appealed for a penalty when a forward was bundled over in the Sun penalty area but the referee saw nothing more than a decent shoulder to shoulder challenge.
The referee waved play on a few minutes later and it seemed to be a good decision from the man in the middle as Trinity took advantage of the advantage and a cross found a Bengeo player whose bullet of a header was unstoppable as the Hertford based team took the lead again.
A few minutes before the break and the Sun were level once again thanks to a great shot from George Hobson leaving the Trinity keeper helpless and grasping at fresh air.
At the start of the second half, a couple of Bengeo players seemed to leave their sensible heads in the dressing room and frustration came to the top as one player lashed out at a Sun player not once, but twice, leaving the ref no option but to sin bin one player and send another off on a straight red card.
With Bengeo down to nine on the field, at least for ten minutes, the Sun should have pushed forward to take full advantage of the situation and although they tried to take the lead they failed to do so.
The sending off seemed to make Bengeo Trinity stronger and they soon very nearly took the lead yet again when a shot beat Furlong but came back off the post, and soon after that they did re-take the lead when the Bengeo forward beat Furlong on a one to one and calmly slotted the ball under him to make it 3-2.
Callum Tobin came on as a sub and looked to make an impression as he turned his marker and put in a decent cross only for it to be cleared away, George Minihan came in late for the resulting corner at the far post but his header went wide, and from another uncleared corner a few minutes later, Ben Howells hit a fine shot from outside the area which was headed off the Bengeo line.
Tobin was soon back in action in the penalty area and from a scramble in the six yard area the ball fell kindly to young Callum to smash the ball in at close range, beating the two defenders and the keeper to make it 3-3.
However, five minutes from the end and another defensive mix up gave Bengeo the chance to take all three points from the game and they took the opportunity with both hands and the ball was thumped into the goal, making the home side’s manager dance with glee on the touchline.
Bengeo move off the bottom and are now 14th while the Sun main team drop to sixth position and a long way from promotion.