SCOTT McGleish says he wished the script could have been different after he sent his old club down.

The 36-year-old striker scored one and made one as Leyton Orient’s 2-0 win over Blues sentenced The Chairboys to an immediate return to League Two.

McGleish, who left Blues last summer after a fall-out with the then Wycombe boss Peter Taylor, was full of sympathy for his old club as he paraded around the pitch at the end in a Wanderers shirt after swapping with his great mate Matt Bloomfield.

McGleish said: “I wish today could have happened against any other club.

“That would have been a much better script for me.

“It’s a day of mixed emotions. I’m very disappointed for all the Wycombe players I know but I’m pleased I’ve played a part in keeping Orient up.

McGleish’s winning goal for the Os against Blues last October cost Taylor his job and now his goal and assist have sent his old club down, while giving his new team the win they needed to secure their own League One status for another season.

He said: “When I left Wycombe last Summer I couldn’t have believed I would have such an effect on their season.

“Like any footballer I thought I would leave and be forgotten but I guess they won’t forget me now.

“I guess I will never be a cult figure at Wycombe now, instead I’ll probably be a hated figure, but I’m a professional footballer and I play for the club that pays my wages.”

And he says it didn’t please him to prove to Taylor and others at Wycombe that they made a mistake in letting him go.

He said: “People will say I got Peter Taylor the sack and that it must be sweet but I didn’t want to get anyone the sack and I didn’t want to send them down.

“I would have liked to have stayed at Wycombe and I was disappointed I never got the chance to try and break the club’s scoring record.”

And he said it was emotional walking around in a Wycombe shirt at the end.

He said: “I wanted Bloomfield’s shirt because he’s such a good friend but I’m disappointed it’s a shirt from a relegation season.”

McGleish was given a fair hand by the Blues fans who remained after the final whistle and he believes they could be cheering a promotion-winning team again next season.

He thinks they are good enough to bounce straight back providing they can keep the bulk of the team that finished the season so strongly.

He said: “When people get relegated budgets get cut, that’s the nature of football.

“It’s all about who they retain and who they add.”