QPR boss De Canio dedicates Turf Moor win to tragic star Jones

The 18-year-old England youth international and two other people were killed in a car accident in London.

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Last night's fixture was originally scheduled for August 25 but was postponed due to Jones' death hours before the game was due to take place.

After watching defender Damion Stewart and on-loan Birmingham striker Rowan Vine score second-half goals to secure victory, De Canio paid a moving tribute to Jones, who was a hugely popular figure at Loftus Road.

"This win goes out to Ray Jones," said the Italian.

"He was a great lad and we all remember him really fondly.

"This is from everyone in the dressing room - the players and the management - and everyone at Loftus Road remembers him really fondly."

Jamaica international defender Stewart, 27, greeted Scott Sinclair's left-wing corner at the far post with a firm downward header which flew past Clarets goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly.

Stewart, outstanding throughout, celebrated his 60th-minute opener with a wild punch of the air and a celebratory sprint towards the visiting dug-out.

Vine added a second in the 90th minute when he raced clear to fire into an empty net after Kiraly had strayed upfield in desperate search of an equaliser.

It was Rangers' first win in eight Championship outings and that it was achieved at the expense of the Championship's in-form side with genuine play-off aspirations made it all the more impressive.

De Canio added: "We played against an excellent team but we made chances on the counter-attack.

"Damion is an excellent player and will improve even more.

"This is a big win for us, there's no doubt about that."

Owen Coyle has engineered a significant upturn in fortunes at Burnley since being appointed as successor to Steve Cotterill last month.

But incessant second-half pressure after Stewart's opener amounted to nothing and the former Bolton striker was left to reflect on his first defeat since taking the helm.

Coyle's cause was not helped by injuries to defender Clarke Carlisle (hamstring) and midfielder Alan Mahon, who were both forced off through injury in the second half.

Coyle said: "We had to rejig after Clarke went off and those kind of things went against us.

"We got caught at the set-play when their lad, who Clarke had been picking up, headed in.

"But I thought we forced the game really well after that and had some decent opportunities.

"We had corner after corner and Gabor has come up for a corner and nearly scored from the first one and then stayed up for the second one.

"However, we paid the price but I don't think the bounce of the ball went for us.

"There will be no criticism of the players from me because we've had six games in 17 days and need to bounce back against Preston on Saturday now."