A last gasp goal by Stevie Aitken gave the Blues perhaps their most valuable point of the season, which looks like making sure Stranraer will play Division Two football next season.

Cowdenbeath started the match looking the more dangerous side and after only ten minutes they came close. Graham Brown picked up the ball in Stranraer's half and fired in a powerful low drive from the edge of the box which went narrowly wide of the upright.

Only three minutes later Brown was again in the think of the action. This time he read a throughball from Hamish French perfectly and latched onto the ball. However, his finished was slightly off as the ball skimmed over the crossbar.

In the 16th minute Mark McGeown pulled off a scrambling save to deny Brown from opening the score. Iain Mauchlen sent a deep cross in from the right wing and it was met by Brown, who knocked the ball goalward only to see McGeown save it at the last minute.

Paul Blair gave Stranraer their first chance at a goal in the 19th minute. George Shaw crossed the ball to the waiting midfielder at the edge of the box and he tried his luck at a bicycle kick, only to see Gary O'Connor block it when it looked goalbound.

Stranraer came close again in the 32nd minute when Stevie Aitken unleashed a powerful volley from the edge of the box, but again O'Connor was on hand to parry the effort only as far as Blair, who could only head the ball at the crossbar.

It was apparent that the deadlock would be broken soon and only four minutes later it was the home team who did the honours. Iain Mauchlen produced a fine diving header from a Steven Swift cross on the left to give Cowdenbeath the lead.