Aldershot's defeat at Enfield on Tuesday night effectively ended their hopes of catching arch rivals Farnborough in the race for the one promotion place to the Football Conference.
On the same night, Farnborough were notching up their eighth successive Ryman League win in beating Harrow Borough 3-1 and extending their lead at the top of the table to a massive 13 points.
The chasing pack have games in hand, but it's difficult to see anyone catching Graham Westley's side now.
George Borg, the Aldershot boss, conceded: "Farnborough have got the points in the bag, and all credit to them. I still believe we have the better squad, but it's Farnborough who have been getting the results."
For the first time, Aldershot's resilient manager admits to feeling the pressure and after the verbal abuse directed at him, with his family present, by a few 'fans' at Enfield, Borg says he will meet his chairman at the end of the season to discuss his future at the Rec.
"If we were a professional club I would take it on the chin, but we're not and I've had enough of it," Borg told The Herald. "It's not what life is about. Not surprisingly, my family were upset. I've been in this game for years and I've never had that sort of language used against me. I don't deserve it because I work very hard and I believe I've had a fair amount of success during my three years at Aldershot."
The normally ebullient Londoner confessed to feeling "very down and disappointed" after the game.
"That was the worst Enfield side I have seen and some of our players should be looking at themselves in the mirror because a few didn't show the passion and commitment that was required.
"All right, the pressure doesn't help and perhaps some of the players were trying too hard, but on the chances we had we should have won by at least three goals."
Borg, who once guided Enfield to the Ryman Premier title, watched in frustration as Aldershot missed early openings and then conceded a goal against the run of play after 14 minutes.
It was plain bad defending as Robert Boyce swung in a cross and Danny Jones came in unmarked to score at the back post.
The rest of the game was a tale of complete frustration for Aldershot who could just not turn abundant possession into a goal.
Clear-cut chances were few and far between as Enfield defended solidly in front of emergency 'keeper David McDonald, normally an outfielder, who had replaced the injured Jerome John early in the game.
Gary Abbott has temporarily lost his golden touch in front of goal and Grant Payne is not yet at his sharpest after a long spell out through injury.
Time and again, Enfield scrambled the ball away from the danger area, or blocked shots on the goal-line, when perhaps a little more composure might have brought a goal to steady Aldershot nerves.
A double substitution at half-time failed to do the trick and, as the match progressed, Aldershot looked less and less like scoring.
At the close, it was Enfield celebrating three points that pulled them further away from the relegation zone. Some travelling fans, meanwhile, predictably laid into their manager.
Aldershot: Pape, Coll (Adedeji 45 mins), Chewins, Crossley, Kirby, Kuhl, Graham (Browne 53 mins), Bentley, Abbott, Paye, Gell (Hathaway 45 mins).
Attendance: 346.