Instead, the Scholars had to rely on a 90th minute equaliser from Joey Butlin - his 20th goal for the club - to rescue a point late on.

In driving wind and rain in the first half, Chasetown struggled to get anything decent on target on the Soham goal and then fell behind in the 27th minute to a scrappy effort from Jonathan Kaye.

The Scholars had half chances though - nearly all of which fell to Butlin. One went wide, another was blocked by the keeper Finley Iron and two more were blocked by valiant defending by the Cambridgeshire side to preserve their narrow lead.

The majority of the 514 crowd must have begun to wonder if it was to be Chasetown's night. But, in the 90th minute, Butlin was in the box and steered his effort beyond the Soham keeper.

And Chasetown occupy second spot in the league table, 2 points behind Halesowen Town, who they meet this weekend in the FA Trophy.