Fully four minutes into injury time referee Brian Winter signalled the end and Stair Park erupted. For the second year in a row Stranraer had denied Morton - this time against a Morton side who had battled right to the final whistle to try to deny The Blues the single point they needed to clinch promotion from division two.
The first half of what was to prove a memorable match was a dour affair to start with, both sides keeping a firm grip on play before they could mount anything like an attack. When the first break did come it fell to the visitors, but Shaun Dillon sent his free header wide from an Andy McLaren corner.
At the other end Kevin Finlayson got an unexpected opening when he got the break of the ball off Ryan Harding, but the Stranraer man's shot was hurried and went over.
After 22 minutes Morton's Peter Weatherson was booked and, as the visitors showed a marked reluctance to accept any decisions going against them, referee Brian Winter had words with their trackside staff.
The bad feeling persisted and Stranraer's Kevin Gaughan was the next man booked for a handling offence after 40 minutes. From the subsequent free-kick taken by McLaren, Weatherson headed home strongly to open the scoring.
This was cancelled out two minutes later when home skipper Alan Jenkins, from the edge of the box, pounced on a Finlayson pass and hammered a great rising ball into the net.
A minute from the break Stranraer's Fraser Wright was booked for a foul on James McAlistair.
The second half was a strange affair. Morton quite rightly were looking for the winner they needed to stay in the promotion hunt, while Stranraer were content to yield ground but not goals.
The scoreline in fact tells the story for Stranraer, but it hardly illustrates the amazing number of chances which fell to Morton in a nervous second half.
Chris Templeman missed no less than three close-range headers, sending two over and one wide. Jason Walker, minutes from the end, headed a McLaren chip over the bar when he should have done better.
It was not Morton's day, but it proved to be the best day of Stranraer's season.