Both teams looked to have run out of ideas when Zebroski struck his fourth of the campaign in the 85th minute.
Central defender Alan Bennett had a low shot cleared off the line, but keeper Mark Oxley fumbled the looping rebound and Zebroski pounced to score from two yards.
In the last minute, Cheltenham stopper Scott Brown was forced to beat away a header from striker Calvin Zola to seal the win.
Brown was also called into action twice in ten minutes to save a near post shot from striker Zola in the 62nd minute and then tip over a 20 yard curler from winger Chris Palmer.
Cheltenham dominated the first half and full back Billy Jones did all he could to put them ahead.
In the seventh minute Jones's free kick was nodded against the bar by skipper Bennett.
Ten minutes later Sido Jombati met another Jones cross, but the Portuguese full back saw his point blank header from eight yards cleared off the line.
And in the 28th minute Jones teed up Steve Elliott, but the central defender's header flew just high of the woodwork.
Zola squandered Burton's best chance in the first half when he hit the side-netting on the turn from six yards in the 41st minute.
Burton boss Gary Rowett remained upbeat despite the result and claimed :
"I still thought we were excellent and I've told the players I'm very proud of them. I am proud of the performance and I think it shows a lot about us as a team. We had one or two opportunities and with more composure we could have taken them."
Cheltenham chief Mark Yates was delighted his team kept plugging away for the win and said :
"I think everyone deserves a pat on the back after a difficult week in which we've picked up four points against two very good sides. We threw strikers on and bodies in the box and it turned out right in the end.
You've always got to keep believing. You think maybe it's not your day when we had plenty of chances. We've got good players and we tried different things.
It was a very hard fought and thoroughly deserved win."
And Jermaine Cheltenham winger McGlashan is happy to take the knocks if it lets his team mates do the damage.
McGlashan, 24, was a constant threat to the Burton defence before Chris Zebroski's late, late winner and then explained:
"I'm getting cuts and bruises all the time,but I'm becoming immune to it. I'm going to get kicked, but it's bitter-sweet when you get the three points. I'll just keep my head down and try to do a professional job.
It's frustrating that teams seem to be doubling up on me because you want to play one on one. I'm getting it a lot now, but it's a back-handed compliment and it gives more space to the other lads. We're capable of scoring goals from all over."
Striker Zebroski, 26, said :
"The back four were magnificent and the deserve credit because they gave us the base to go out and get three points.
We need to make our place a fortress now. Our away form has been good and to keep our home form going will give us a good chance of promotion."
My piece from today's paper ...
and from yesterday's edition
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