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Connor Shields scored a vital goal for Alloa

Alloa Athletic guaranteed themselves another season in the Scottish Championship after a draw away to promotion-chasing Ayr United.

With Queen of the South beaten 3-0 at home to Partick Thistle, the point was enough to lift Alloa out of the relegation play-off spot.

The league's only part-time side took a deserved lead when Connor Shields fired home his third goal of the season.

But Lawrence Shankland drove in a reply four minutes later.

The striker's 34th goal of the season was not enough to prevent Ayr slipping to fourth behind Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who defeated Dunfermline Athletic 1-0.

Ian McCall's side face Caley Thistle in the promotion play-off quarter-final.