Danny Hutchins and Nick Jackson scored hat-tricks as Kings Langley emphatically ended Sun Sports’ hoodoo over them and took a sizeable step towards the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division title.

The game also saw Sun captain Ashley Lewis given his marching orders following two cautions, whilst three members of staff from the two sides were sent off late on as tempers boiled over.

Victory means Kings are now three points clear of AFC Dunstable in second place, having played two games less, and five ahead of Harefield United in third, with four games in hand.

Kings joint-managers Richie Hanlon and Paul Hughes made one change to their starting XI, including new signing Joe Debayo.

Alex Campana floated in a pin-point cross from the left for Hutchins to execute a glancing header past Sun goalkeeper Ross Hampton.

And Campana, clearly relishing the space wide left in a front three, cut inside with a jinking run five minutes later and Hampton could only tip his fierce shot onto the crossbar for Jackson to net the rebound from close range.

Sun had a moment when the assistant’s flag stayed down and Carl Penny was through, but Ant Ladyman made a superb block and Kings killed the contest with two goals in three minutes before the break.

Mitchell Weiss challenged the shared possession of keeper and defender, the ball ran free and Hutchins lobbed the backpedalling Hampton from a position almost on the touchline.

Hutchins then picked out Jackson and the skipper controlled the ball, twisted past a defender and unleashed an unstoppable shot into the net.

Any thoughts of a quieter second half were dispelled as Kings added two more in the first ten minutes.

A perfect diagonal cross field ball from Weiss found Hutchins, who was similarly enjoying his wide right role, and he took the ball in his stride to complete his hat trick.

Not to be outdone, Jackson rose to head home a Connor Toomey cross as everything Kings did turned to gold.

Home skipper Lewis was dismissed for a second yellow and as frustrations boiled over, a trespass in the away technical area by a member of the home bench resulted in a scuffle and three dismissals from the dugouts.

It failed to take the shine off of an exuberant Langley performance though, completed when a Campana corner was only parried by the keeper and Debayo marked his debut with the seventh goal.