The statistics make excellent reading – since drawing 4-4 at Sutton Coldfield Town in January, the Scholars have won 10 out of the last 13 league fixtures, or 9 out of the last 11, or 7 out of the last 8. Whichever way, the stats show Chasetown to be the side bang in form.

After a phenomenal sixty people over two days cleared up to twelve inches of snow off the pitch, the pitch was in excellent condition on the whole and certainly a considerably better playing surface than Chasetown’s win in Derbyshire at the weekend.

Arguably against the run of play, Chasetown took the lead in the 13th minute. Nick Wellecomme was instrumental in retaining possession of the ball inside the visitors’ penalty area and when he rolled the ball out to Paul Sullivan his low cross was turned home by Theo Robinson from within the six yard box.

With 30-goal marksman Ben Haseley in their line-up, Halesowen were always going to pose a threat and it was the Yeltz number 10 who went close to the equaliser when his effort struck the outside of Ryan Price’s left-hand post.

Halesowen ended the half with the better chances – Price palmed over a long range effort from Mitchell Botfield and then made a low save to deny Haseley.

Price kept out Haseley at the start of the second period before Chasetown completely took over. Visiting keeper Paul Evans made a top class stop to keep out Wellecomme before somehow Andy Westwood turned the rebound inches wide of the post.

Although it was skipper Richard Teesdale who won the sponsor’s Man of the Match, many supporters plumped for striker Paul Sullivan.

Sullivan turned provider for Robinson again just short of the hour mark when his mazy run took him into the penalty area and a slide rule pass to the unmarked Robinson saw Chasetown double their advantage.

Sullivan was a whisker away from a goal when Evans made a sensational full-length save to divert the striker’s shot onto the post.

Evans kept out Wellecomme with a low save as Craig Harris’ men began to dominate proceedings in arguably their best half of football of the current winning run.

Chasetown killed the game off seven minutes from time when Danny Bragoli’s corner was headed across goal where Paul Sullivan got the ball under control and turned on a sixpence to thump an unstoppable volley through a ruck of players defending the goal line.

With Sutton Coldfield being held 1-1 by their tenants Romulus, the Scholars moved up into 6th, four points adrift with a game in hand.

Chasetown: Price, Farmer, Jackson, Slater, Tesfa Robinson, Teesdale, Westwood (Downes, 90 mins), Bragoli, Wellecomme, Sullivan, Theo Robinson (Gould, 85 mins)

Other subs: Brown, Hay, Kisiel (not used)