A last gasp winner from Dale Skelton sealed victory for the Lilywhites in this Quarter-Final fixture of the Kent Senior Trophy.
Playing only their third match in eight weeks the home side were quick off the mark against their County League opponents taking the lead after only 5 minutes, a right sided corner kick was met in the six - yard box by the head of Lee Shearer who guided the ball into the top left of Lewis Flisher's goal.
Undaunted by the early setback the visitors soon signalled that they were here to compete with Town keeper Rob French pulling off two fine saves to deny Darren Blackman and Martin May before the scores were levelled on the half hour.
Match sponsor John Kerrin presents Rob French with the Man of the Match award
A well timed through ball found Blair striker Mike Vernon who, with French coming off of his line, calmly slotted the ball past the Town shot stopper.
As the teams got the second half underway with the game finely balanced it was the home side who started the stronger as they pushed to close the game off.
Blair's hero of the previous round, keeper Lewis Flisher, was soon in the thick of things pulling off fine saves to deny both Dane Luchford and Damian Abel.
As the half wore on Flisher's heroics appeared to inspire his team mates as Blair once again fought their way back into the contest.
With the final whistle minutes away, and the threat of extra time and penalties drawing closer, the drama of this cup-tie came to life.
On 87 minutes a rash tackle by Michael Dodsworth resulted in a penalty kick to the visitors, Skipper Blackman's spot kick denied by the outstretched French.
The ball was played out to Abel who ran at the Blair defence before slotting the ball out to his left and into the path of Dale Skeleton, Skelton's powerful strike finding the top right corner of Flisher's goal to secure Town's passage into the semi-final.
On reflection both sides worked hard in what was an entertaining cup-tie with the visitors further enhancing their growing reputation under the stewardship of former Salters Lane favourite Paul Piggott.
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