James Craigen nets stunner but Spartans held to a stalemate
Spartans lead at the top of League Two was cut to two points following a 1-1 draw with Clyde.
James Craigen fired the hosts ahead in the 18th minute with a stunning effort into the top corner at the Vanloq Community Stadium.
However, the hosts were reduced to ten men two minutes after the restart when Jamie Dishington was given his marching orders for a last-ditch tackle in the box, and James Hilton scored the resulting spot-kick.
Both teams had chances to seal all three points but were forced to settle for a share of the spoils.
Second-place East Kilbride ran out 3-1 winners at Stranraer to reduce the deficit at the summit of Scottish football's fourth tier.
Goalscorer Craigen said afterwards: "It was a very tough game. Clyde were the better team to start and put a lot of pressure on us. We had to defend our box well and I thought we did that. We had to dig in with ten men so we showed some really good team spirit and it's a really good point gained."
Elsewhere, Edinburgh City also played out a 1-1 draw at Annan Athletic.
Innes Lawson grabbed the opener at Galabank just after the hour mark, but the visitors' lead was short-lived as Charlie Maxwell equalised just seven minutes later.
The Citizens are eight points adrift of Stirling Albion at the foot of the division.
Manager Michael McIndoe said: "Overall it was a really strong performance. I think for 70% of the game we were the better team but we just had that slight lapse in concentration for their goal."