Paul Gascoigne's magic was just too much for battling, brave Orient as he sent Everton into the FA Cup's last 16.

Gascoigne hugged and kissed everybody in sight at the end and went off to a standing ovation after a fabulous display at Goodison Park.

The Third Division side did not disgrace themselves, but they never came to terms with Gazza.

The former England star's sublime skills enthralled the fans as he made two for Kevin Campbell and one for Duncan Ferguson in a stunning display.

Orient's David McGhee scored an own goal to put Everton ahead early on before Gascoigne took over the proceedings.

The O's hit back with a goal of their own from Scott Canham to make it 2-1, and never gave up.

But they were given a masterclass by Gascoigne which - in World Cup year - triggered memories of the 1990 tournament in Italy when he could do this sort of thing to order.

It is not so easy for him these days in the Barclaycard Premiership, but if this is his final season in the top flight, he is not going quietly and is leaving us all with bitter-sweet memories of his glory days.

Orient - with 4,000 fans cheering them on - gave everything but did not know how to cope with the Geordie genius.

They forced Everton's defenders into mistakes, but the constant threat of Gascoigne's trickery unnerved and unhinged the east Londoners.

McGhee had seen a neat hook-shot saved by Steve Simonsen before, just seconds later, scoring one of those own goals you just know are going to be rerun on television over and over again.

The 25-year-old former Brentford and Stevenage defender will just never be allowed to forget his FA Cup howler.

It came after 11 minutes when youngster Tony Hibbert had surged down Everton's left and fired over a teasing cross.

McGhee launched himself at the ball and sent a header thundering past Scott Barrett to give Everton their head start.

Orient fought back, Jeff Minton and former Liverpool youngster Andy Harris making their mark in midfield with energy and pace.

But Gascoigne was taking a liking to the occasion by now and started to find space and possession that you just knew was going to hurt Orient soon.

He fired a 20-yarder of his own just wide before having a major say in Everton's second after 32 minutes.

He forced his way down the right, getting the better of Harris and David Partridge - the ball bouncing rather fortunately off the latter - to slip a pass square into Ferguson's path.

The giant Scot then side-footed home from 10 yards, his first goal for the club since September.

But four minutes later battling Orient were back in the game. Simonsen failed to deal effectively with a cross-shot from Minton, and Canham arrived on the far post to blast the ball into the roof of the net.

For a while anxiety crept into Everton's play, nothing unusual about that in the Premiership these days, but they were finding their Third Division opponents difficult to handle to say the least.

Gascoigne created Everton's third in first-half injury time, cutting in from the left and neatly beating two men, before slipping the ball to Campbell, who turned to fire past Barrett for what was also his first goal since September.

Steve Watts and then Scot Gemmill were booked for fouls, but Gazza continued to enjoy himself, running the midfield, organising free-kicks and chattering to anyone who fancied a conversation.

Orient, however, were in no mood to fade quietly away, and both Harris and Matthew Lockwood severely tested Simonsen.

But it was Gazza who finally broke their hearts with a stunning run from 40 yards out, beating four men with the sublime skills of old before setting up Campbell for his second.

Teams:

Everton: Simonsen, Hibbert, Weir, Stubbs, Unsworth, Alexandersson (Moore 45), Gascoigne, Gemmill, Naysmith (Tal 84), Campbell, Ferguson.

Subs Not Used: Gerrard, Clarke, Chadwick.

Booked: Gemmill.

Goals: McGhee 12 og, Ferguson 32, Campbell 45, 80.

Leyton Orient: Barrett, Partridge (Martin 83), Smith, McGhee, Joseph, Minton, Canham, Harris, Lockwood (Jones 70), Gray, Watts (McLean 77).

Subs Not Used: Bayes, Barnard.

Booked: Watts.

Goals: Canham 36.

Att: 35,851

Ref: A Wiley (Burntwood).