Airdrie 2 Queen's Park 1: Ben Wilson spot on with double to cut gap at the bottom of table

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Airdrie's bid for a great escape from Championship relegation gained further traction after victory over Queen's Park cut the gap to nearest rivals Hamilton Accies to nine points.The Diamonds, who have a game in hand, sank Dunfermline last week and they have now followed that up with a narrow 2-1 success over the Spiders, securing back-to-back league wins for the first time this season.Ben Wilson netted from the penalty spot in first half stoppage time before Josh Scott equalised for the visitors in 59 minutes with a first-time finish inside the box.But another Wilson penalty in 65 minutes proved the difference as he notched his 12th goal of the campaign and netted for the third game on the bounce.There was drama at the end as Rangers loanee Adam Devine and Spiders boss Callum Davidson both saw red after angrily claiming for a late penalty for a high boot on Devine in the box.With 14 games to go, Airdrie now have their Lanarkshire rivals firmly in their sights after Accies slipped to ninth after a 1-0 defeat to Ayr.

Dunfermline win over Raith Rovers lifted them up to eighth place.Spiders were first to threaten and came agonisingly close to taking the lead inside two minutes.

Seb Drodz latched onto a long through ball over the top, took a great first touch and fired beyond Kieran Wright, but Craig Watson was covering for the Diamonds and cleared his effort off the line.Up the other end, Ben Wilson tried to curl a strike into the bottom corner, forcing Calum Ferrie to tip his effort round the post.Ferries was kept busy as, from the resulting corner, a neat move worked space for Gavin Gallagher to strike and Ferrie had to be alert to batter a fierce strike away.The frantic start continued and in seven minutes Lewis Strapp