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A Niklas Bendtner hat trick and further goals from Marouane Chamakh and Gael Clichy gave Arsenal an easy 5-0 win in the replay that came about after Jonathan Tehoue gave them a late equaliser in the first game at Brisbane Road.
Orient's consolation was that they were the last League One club in the competition and had Everton beaten Reading on the previous night they would have been the last Football League club to go out of the competition.
Almost half a million pounds from television appearances, both games were shown live, will certainly have helped them, particularly with their fight against West Ham's move to the Olympic Stadium.
But with Leyton Orient out the Clarets Mad curse passes to a Premier League club for the first time, and to Arsenal, who now face the daunting prospect of a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the sixth round.
Far be it for me to suggest they might go out but now carrying the Clarets Mad Road to Wembley flag will, without doubt, make Arsenal second favourites in this tie.
Clarets Mad Road to Wembley (Results so far)
Extra-Preliminary Round
Staveley Miners Welfare 5 Padiham 0
attendance 90
(winners receive £750 prize money)
Preliminary Round
Staveley Miners Welfare 1 Parkgate 3
attendance 110
(winners receive £1,500 prize money)
First Round Qualifying
Parkgate 1 Warrington Town 3
attendance 122
(winners receive £3,000 prize money)
Second Round Qualifying
Bamber Bridge 1 Warrington Town 1
attendance 223
Warrington Town 4 Bamber Bridge 2
attendance 236
(winners receive £4,500 prize money)
Third Round Qualifying
Warrington Town 1 Stalybridge Celtic 3
attendance 429
(winners receive £7,500 prize money)
Fourth Round Qualifying
Stalybridge Celtic 1 Eastwood Town 2
attendance 659
(winners receive £12,500 prize money)
First Round Proper
Swindon Supermarine 2 Eastwood Town 1
attendance 2,603
(winners receive £18,000 prize money)
Second Round Proper
Colchester United 1 Swindon Supermarine 0
attendance 3,047
(winners receive £27,000 prize money)
Third Round Proper
Swansea City 4 Colchester United 0
attendance 7,005
(winners receive £67,500 prize money)
Fourth Round Proper
Swansea City 1 Leyton Orient 2
attendance 6,281
(winners receive £90,000 prize money)
Fifth Round Proper
Leyton Orient 1 Arsenal 1
attendance 9,136
Arsenal 5 Leyton Orient 0
attendance 59,361
(winners receive £180,000 prize money)
Fifth Round Results
West Ham United 5 Burnley 1
Manchester City 3 Aston Villa 0
Stoke City 3 Brighton and Hove Albion 0
Birmingham City 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0
Leyton Orient 1 Arsenal 1 (Arsenal won replay 5-0)
Everton 0 Reading 1
Manchester United 1 Crawley Town 0
Fulham 0 Bolton Wanderers 1
Sixth Round Draw
Stoke City v West Ham United
Manchester City v Reading
Birmingham City v Bolton Wanderers
Manchester United v Arsenal