Airdrie will take a 1-1 draw into the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final against Queen's Park after a battling match with the Spiders.
A drab first half played out at Firhill as both sides looked to combat the effects of a bobbly pitch in Maryhill.
Simon Murray livened things up in the second half for Owen Coyle's hosts, first having a shot cleared off the line and then dispatching an effort into the bottom corner moments later.
