Wolves FA Cup double act of George Ndah and Kenny Miller came up trumps again to kill off the threat of plucky Third Division Rochdale and send Dave Jones' side into the quarter-finals.

Ndah had scored the winner against Newcastle and then the pair of them had both struck twice in the win over Leicester in the previous round.

Now Ndah delivered the opener and then Scotland international Miller the decisive second to ensure Rochdale did not add a third First Division scalp after knocking out Preston and Coventry.

Then, just for good measure, substitute Adam Proudlock added a third with his first touch in injury-time.

Jones had been looking for a response after the 4-1 defeat at Brighton and his side dominated the opening 45 minutes.

Mark Kennedy was involved in most of their best attacks, providing a string of dangerous crosses, while Paul Ince and Colin Cameron looked to have a grip in midfield.

It looked as if Ndah was again going to grab the headlines as he followed his goals against Newcastle and Leicester by giving Wolves a deserved lead.

But they could not kill off the men from Spotland, who were indebted to a couple of crucial saves from Matthew Gilks.

They silenced the home fans with an equaliser from Gavin Melaugh and for a spell looked as if they were going to earn a replay.

But then up popped Miller to help earn Wolves a place in the last eight for the first time in five seasons.

Wolves were on the offensive from the first whistle and Kennedy was only just too high with a rising effort from 25 yards.

Gilks held onto a deflected effort from Wolves midfielder Cameron after he had played a neat one-two with Ince.

Rochdale threatened for the only time in the opening 45 minutes when Scott Warner was foiled by the alert Matt Murray after seizing a pass from David Flitcroft.

Ince was only just off target with a dipping effort from outside the area and Wolves had appeals for a penalty rejected by referee Uriah Rennie after a challenge on Ndah by Wayne Evans.

Rochdale's Simon Grand became the first player to be booked at the half hour mark for a lunge at Ndah - and then two minutes later the Wolves player broke the deadlock.

Wolves had appealed in vain for a penalty when Gareth Griffiths blocked a cross from Shaun Newton which went out for a corner.

But the resulting cross from Kennedy led to the goal with Ince miskicking but Ndah behind him to turn home from six yards after a deflection.

It continued his record of having scored in every round of the FA Cup and was his fifth in his last five starts.

Former Aston Villa midfielder Melaugh became the second Rochdale player to be booked after 41 minutes for hauling down Cameron in full flight.

Gilks clung onto a glancing header from Paul Butler following a flick-on from Joleon Lescott a minute before the interval.

Then he did well to keep out a well struck Ince volley from Ince following a Lee Naylor cross and Rochdale would have been relieved to be only one goal in arrears at the interval.

Gilks was again in the thick of the action at the start of the second period when he turned a well-struck effort from Kennedy around the post.

But after 52 minutes Rochdale sent their 4,000 fans wild with delight via an equaliser from Melaugh - although he may not have known too much about it.

Simpson let fly with a hopeful effort from 35 yards but the ball deflected off Melaugh and left Murray stranded as it flew into the corner of the net.

Wolves tried to retaliate and Gilks held onto a dipping effort from Ince while Miller had a shot blocked after Cameron had threaded the ball into his path.

Then with 11 minutes left Miller restored Wolves lead after Gilks had parried the initial shot from Lee Naylor.

And in injury-time Cameron shot and Proudlock slid in at the far post to bundle home.

Teams

Wolverhampton: Murray, Irwin, Butler, Lescott, Naylor, Newton (Rae 74), Ince, Cameron, Kennedy, Miller (Proudlock 90), Ndah.

Subs Not Used: Oakes, Sturridge, Clyde.

Goals: Ndah 32, Miller 79, Proudlock 90.

Rochdale: Gilks, Evans (McCourt 82), Griffiths, Grand, Warner, Flitcroft, Simpson, Melaugh, Hill, Platt, McEvilly.

Subs Not Used: Hodges, Townson, Doughty, Jobson.

Booked: Grand, Melaugh.

Goals: Melaugh 52.

Att: 23,921

Ref: U Rennie (S Yorkshire).