Folkestone Invicta 4 Wingate & Finchley 0 match report: Donell Thomas, Jake Hutchinson, Adam Lovatt and Montel McKenzie on target inside first 24 minutes as Isthmian Premier leaders finish four-game winless run

Four first-half goals inside the opening 24 minutes helped Isthmian Premier leaders Folkestone end their four-match winless run with a comfortable home win over Wingate & Finchley on Saturday.

Donell Thomas, Jake Hutchinson, Adam Lovatt and Montel McKenzie were on target before half-time as it finished 4-0 and Jay Saunders’ table-topping team got their first win of the year.

Invicta had enjoyed the perfect start when they scored inside the first 60 seconds in front of a crowd of 1,251 at Cheriton Road.

A left-wing cross was only half-cleared and the recalled Thomas curled expertly past goalkeeper Charlie Grainger from just outside the penalty area to find the top corner for his eighth goal this season.

Five minutes later, one became two for the hosts when top scorer Hutchinson also marked his return to the team with an early goal.

Ben Mason crossed from the right flank and, although Hutchinson didn’t get a proper connection on his delivery, the 23-year-old could barely miss from yards out, moving Hutchinson to 17 goals for the campaign.

Young defender Joel Odeniran flicked wide a delivery by McKenzie but, moments later, midfielder Lovatt got in on the act to make it 3-0 to the home side.

The 26-year-old found himself in acres of space to emphatically hammer beyond 29-year-old former Leyton Orient keeper Grainger.

At the other end, Ahmet Rifat’s men finally threatened, only for home goalkeeper Ted Collins to parry away a powerful effort by ex-Folkestone playmaker Eddie Allsopp.

But it got worse for Wingate & Finchley - and their disgruntled fans, who had started to make their feelings known - when left wing-back McKenzie, having cut inside, emphatically blasted home his second club goal.

Things were already so bad for the