Clitheroe were completely dominant in the opening five minutes against Chasetown as they set the base for a 3-2 home win in NPL West.
They created plenty of chances down both sides of the pitch, including a brilliantly-worked corner routine that gave promising early signs.
The home side did not take long to make this dominance count, taking the lead through another chance down the left side with Demi Rhami given the room to deliver a cross that was met by the head of Nathan Sandison to open the scoring.
Clitheroe were almost immediately back in again, as Rhami once more exploited the space down the left, this time opting to play it low across the face of goal and the ball was met by the boot of Harry Scarborough at the front post who simply tapped it home for the second.
Clitheroe were made to make an early change, with Ross Dent coming on for an injured Jordan Carroll.
And their attacking threat quietened somewhat as the half wore on, though Chasetown still had not looked remotely close to finding a way back into the game.
The visitors came out for the second half with much more fight after a double change at the break, bringing on Matt Funge and Kyle Moseley in place of Lachlan Suffell and Tak Sambizi.
Chasetown eventually got the goal they were looking for, pulling one back through Matt Heasey, whose shot took a deflection and found the centre of the goal, unfortunate for Isherwood who was already diving to his left for where he thought the effort was going.
Not long after, Jake Carroll was booked for a foul that gave away a penalty to Chasetown, Jack Langston stepped up to convert it down the middle in the roof of the net, levelling the game.
Clitheroe responded by making a change, pushing for a winner by bringing on Gilchrist for Machell, while Chasetown also made a substitution of their own, with Logan Cousins replacing George Cater.
The hosts then made a double change, introducing Max Harrison and Rio Alston in place of Jordan Windass and Sandison as they looked to retake control of the game.
The changes paid off almost immediately, as a corner taken by Max Harrison fell into the centre of the box and was smashed home by Gilchrist from six yards.
That was enough for the Blues though, as after keeping control of the remaining minutes, the referee blew for full time, seeing them take all three points.
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