A 120th minute poachers goal from tenage striker Jay Rodriguez earned the Clarets an FA Cup fourth round tie away to West Bromwich Albion.

The Clarets trailed to Samuel Di Carmine's second half strike before Steven Thompson took the game to extra time with a quality finish.

And Rodriguez, who scored a famous late goal to defeat Fulham early in Burnley's Carling Cup run, popped up again with almost the last touch of the game to settle the tie in the most dramatic of circumstances ... and against all odds!

Jay wins it at the death!

The Clarets were dealt a major blow in the warm up when 15-goal striker Martin Paterson picked up a leg injury and had to be replaced by Robbie Blake, with youngster Adam Kay replacing the striker on the bench.

Both sides had plenty of possession in the early exchanges but neither could muster an effort on goal in the opening quarter of an hour.

Skipper Steven Caldwell averted the first real danger when he nipped in front of Ledesma as the striker raced through on 15 minutes.

The injury news got even worse for Owen Coyle's side on 19 minutes, when midfielder Chris McCann limped off to be replaced by Alan Mahon.

Burnley's only real attempt was a long range effort from Icelandic midfielder Joey Gudjonsson, which flew harmlessly over Radak Cerny's crossbar.

Substitute Mahon had the Clarets first effort on target when he smashed a neat layoff from Blake towards goal only to see Cerny smother comfortably.

Chris Eagles and Fitz Hall battle for possession

The rest of the first half saw both sides continue to stroke the ball around nicely - with little to excite the modest crowd inside Turf Moor until Blake had a long range effort well saved by Cerny in first half injury time.

The Clarets applied the pressure early in the second half and Clarke Carlisle - playing against his former club - headed just wide on 48 minutes as Burnley looked to grab the advantage.

But despite mounting pressure, it was the visitors who broke the deadlock on 53 minutes through Italian striker Di Carmine, who took advantage of Mahon's midfield slip to slot a neat shot under Jensen's body

The tie was almost out of sight two minutes later when Rowlands took advantage of another slip, this time by Wade Elliott, and played a nice one-two with goalscorer Di Carmine before smashing a shot against the crossbar.

But the Clarets were back on level terms on 59 minutes through Thompson, who stepped past a defender and fired home off the underside of the bar, after Gudjonsson's initial shot was blocked on the line.

Skipper Steven Caldwell then picked up his fifth booking of the season for a foul on Di Carmine on 66 minutes - a crucial fifth of the season that means the Scot will now sit out both legs of the Carling Cup semi final against Tottenham Hotspur.

Thompson almost doubled his - and the Clarets tally - on 70 minutes with a powerful header from 12 yards out which flashed just wide of Cerny's far post.

Cerny then got a hand on a Mahon cross two minutes later, directing it away from the on-rushing Thompson as Burnley sensed victory.

The lively Rowlands perhaps should have ended that confidence and put QPR into the fourth round on 86 minutes, but somehow managed to fire over after breaking through the Burnley defence.

And when Eagles had the ball in the back of the net in injury time, but was adjudged to be in an offside position when he turned substitute Alex MacDonald's shot towards goal, extra time was inevitable.

Youngster MacDonald had the first effort of extra time on 97 minutes when he collected the ball out wide, jinxed inside the full back and struck a shot straight at Cerny.

Rowlands then had the ball in the net on 102 minutes but - much to the annoyance of the QPR bench - the midfielder was flagged offside following a flag that was horribly late, albeit correct.

Eagles fired just over the bar and Jensen used unorthodox methods to magnificently keep out a deflected shot on 113 minutes as the tie continued to hang in the balance.

Beeasst!

But Rangers were finally made to pay for missed chances when Rodriguez sealed Burnley's place in the fourth round in the final minute of extra time.

The youngster nicked the ball off Stewart, raced into the box and slotted the ball past the onrushing Cerny and just inside the post, before turning to celebrate his winner with team mates and family watching from the Bob Lord Stand.

Burnley: Jensen, Alexander, Carlisle, Caldwell, Jordan, Elliott, Gudjonsson (MacDonald 83), McCann (Mahon 19), Thompson, Blake (Rodriguez 68).
Subs: Penny, Kalvenes, Akinbiyi, Kay.
Booked: Caldwell 66

Queens Park Rangers: Cerny, Hall, Stewart, Gorkss, Delaney, Mahon (Rose 79), Leigertwood, Alberti (Ephraim 55), Ledesma, Rowlands, Di Carmine (Helguson 83).
Subs: Borrowdale, Crowther, Connolly, Ramage.
Booked: Delaney 45

Attendance: 3,760