Chasetown FC picked up all three points on a midweek trip to Staffordshire rivals Newcastle Town.
The Scholars started well and the hosts had to repel a lot of early attacks.
But it was Newcastle who took the lead against the run of play in the 21st minute. A shot was saved by Curtis Pond but the rebound fell to Ryan McLean who tapped home.
Ryan Wynter went close with a header from a Joe Brown cross as the visitors looked to level.
Pond then made a stunning fingertip save to maintain the one goal deficit.
Just before the interval, Newcastle really should have doubled the lead but Jordan Cole fired over the bar from six yards.
The hosts were awarded a spot kick in first half stoppage time and Cole fired beyond Pond.
Ten minutes into the second half, the Scholars almost found a way back into the game when Jack Langston rattled the crossbar.
It was deserved when Chasetown did pull a goal back just after the hour. After Langston’s corner was cleared, Will Whieldon and Joe Brown teed up another Langston cross and Liam Kirton stole in to net.
Three minutes later, another Langston corner was partially cleared and when the ball was hooked back in from the right by Tom Urwin, Langston volleyed home the loose ball.
On 73 minutes, Chasetown turned the game round as Kirton dummied a Brad Carr pass and Wynter was tripped. Langston smashed the resulting penalty past Harry Pickering.
Four minutes from time, Kirton chased a ball from Carr and was tugged from behind. Again the referee pointed to the spot and Langston smashed home his hat trick from 12 yards.
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