Chasetown were gifted the lead in the 50th minute when Joseph O’Shaughnessy misjudged a bounce allowing Levi Rowley to tap in. It was two five minutes later when Jack Langston smashed Home a Jordan Evans cross via a deflection. Leek got themselves back into it on the 88th minute when Oliver Harrison got on the end of a cross to tap home but it was too little to late.

Chasetown almost had a second just before Langston’s goal when Evans hid a thunderbolt that was sharply deflected wide by O’Shaughnessy.

The action started at a slow pace with Jayden Campbell’s shot on 14 minutes straight at the keeper being the first test for either goalkeeper.It took 35 minutes for the first reasonable shot on target when Leek’s Thomas Carr hitting a shot that forced James Wren to palm over.

The first half was overshadowed by a clash of heads that left Oli Hayward and Louis Keenan needing bandages to the head before reentering the pitch to a round of applause from all four ends of the pitch.

The Scholars almost scored their second when a Campbell cross was headed away from Evans.

Going into the FA Cup Chasetown sit second in the early league table being one of only three teams to hold a hundred percent record.