The two top sides in the NPL Midland Division continued to spar and Chasetown’s Aaron Ashford almost got on the end of an Alex Melbourne cross and then Langston fired wide of the Halesowen goal from 25 yards.

On 38 minutes, home skipper Danny O’Callaghan beat the offside trap and beat Platt but also the far post.

The opening fifteen minutes were shaded by Chasetown territorially but it was the visitors who were again denied the opening goal by the brilliance of Pond to deny White.

Chasetown rang the changes with two substitutions and began to come back into the game. One replacement Jono Atherton thought he had won a penalty after being clipped on the back of the heel.

With 77 minutes on the clock, the majority of the 879 crowd held their collective breath as Kyle Finn broke through on goal, only to be denied by another Pond save.

The Yeltz kept the pressure on the home goal and Pond made two more routine saves to keep his clean sheet.

The Scholars then took their turn to put the pressure on and first Langston looped a deflected effort onto the top of the net and then Ashford headed just over.

The end to end football was incessant and Halesowen's Simeon Cobourne blazed a good chance well wide of the home goal.

90 minutes couldn't separate them so the game went straight to penalties.

Chasetown's second penalty struck the crossbar before Pond saved Halesowen's second and Pond himself made it 2-1 with Chasetown's third.

The Yeltz levelled again at 2-2 before Josh Hawker put his kick wide and Langston netted the decisive fifth spot kick.