Hamish Ritchie netted his first goal for Spartans in a battle at balmy Borough Briggs against an Elgin City side who remain undefeated so far this season.
Gaffer Douglas Samuel once again rung the changes in what is a busy week of football for the Club with Cammy Russell left out the squad and Rory Whittaker making the starting XI.
Spartans looked to get on the front foot from the off and went in search of an early opener. Whittaker made a run into the box looking to get behind the defence, only to be pinged for an infringement.
It was rather akin to a game of basketball in Mediterranean conditions with play raging up and down the park and it was the home side with the next chance, only for the offering to rise way over the bar.
Danny Denholm went on a solo rampaging run, forging open an opportunity however he could only direct his shot wide.
The hosts were keen to build on their late show win over Bonnyrigg and pressed hard however the Spartans defence were resolute in return.
Dayshonne Golding was perhaps fortunate not to receive a caution from Referee Joel Kennedy when he clattered into Blair Carswell as the Spartans keeper looked to launch a clearance up the park.
HT: Elgin City 0-0 The Spartans
Spartans made a double change at the interval with Jamie Dishington and Kevin Waugh replacing Whittaker and Hunter.
A couple of early Spartans corners were to offer little in the way of success as the visitors looked to open the scoring as the second half progressed.
The first clear cut chance of the night then fell to Blair Henderson who took the ball down well in the box only for the covering defender to do enough to put the striker off enough to make his send his chipped effort just over the bar.
Another Spartans change just after the hour mark saw Calum Booth replace Denholm.
A fine diving save from Blair Carswell kept the game on level pegging as both sides continued to seek the opener.
A further brace of changes saw Hamish Ritchie and Mark Stowe come on for Walls and Henderson.
It was an inspired substitution when just three minutes later, Hamish Ritchie found himself in space at the edge of the box and his low drive proved to be elusive and crept inside the near post.
That lead was to last all of 60-odd seconds as Elgin levelled with a header from Jack Murray who converted a Golding cross.
Play raged onto into injury time, with Ritchie having another opportunity to score, only to be foiled by a fine stop by the Elgin keeper.
FT: Elgin City 1-1 The Spartans
