Stewart and Vine lift Rangers off the foot of the table

Jamaica defender Stewart headed home a corner on 60 minutes and Vine put the ball into an empty net in injury time after Burnley keeper Gabor Kiraly had gone forward for a corner.

Burnley set their sights on a first home win under Owen Coyle and a rise to fourth place in the Championship at the expense of opposition who kicked off at Turf Moor in bottom place.

Since Coyle succeeded Steve Cotterill last month he had seen his side win all three away games but only manage draws in front of their own fans against Stoke and Leicester.

Their visitors had also had a change of manager with the Italian Luigi De Canio taking over since the fixture was originally postponed in August following the death of Rangers teenager Ray Jones in a motoring accident.

Rangers had the first serious scoring attempt after 25 minutes when Rowan Vine shot over.

The striker had a much better chance when he forced his way through 12 minutes later but again was too high with his shot.

Alan Mahon raised the home side's first threat but put his effort over after 31 minutes.

He was within inches of the opener just before half-time. Robbie Blake knocked the ball to him and he hit a drive from 25 yards that beat Lee Camp, but to the relief of the goalkeeper and his team-mates rebounded from the post to safety.

Burnley stepped up the pace at the start of the second half, pushing for the breakthrough, but had difficulty creating a clear cut chance. Most of the time Rangers were able to cope comfortably.

First Vine forced keeper Kiraly into a defiant save, then Scott Sinclair won a corner for the visitors. Sinclair took the kick and Stewart rose at the far post to give his side the lead.

As Burnley searched for an equaliser in injury time, Kiraly pushed up for the corner but was embarrassed when Rangers broke and Vine fired into the unguarded goal.