LYLE TAYLOR insists he has no regrets about snubbing Partick Thistle last summer after turning down the advances of another Premiership club to clinch his Firhill return this week.

The striker was one of the headline moves of deadline day as he put pen to paper on a loan deal until the end of the campaign.

Taylor became a firm favourite with Jags fans in the second half of last season after he arrived from Sheffield United and helped them secure their top-flight status.

He opted to join Scunthorpe United in the summe,r but now he is delighted to be back in Glasgow after joining Alan Archibald's side.

Taylor said: "Scunny have signed a few players. It didn't leave me out in the cold, but it left me sitting on the bench and I wasn't really pleased. I need to play. I enjoyed it here and I am sure I will enjoy it again, so it was an easy, easy decision for me to make.

"I was a day away from signing in the summer. I got a phone call from Russ Wilcox and the chance for me to stay in League One was too good for me to say no to. If I had to make the decision again, would I change it? No, I don't think I would.

"I made that decision myself, there wasn't any other factor or anyone else involved. The decision was mine and you can't regret a decision you have had to make."

It has been a frustrating few months for Taylor south of the border, but the former Falkirk forward did have one night to remember.

He was involved in the history-making FA Cup shoot-out success for the Iron as they saw off non-league Worcester City in the second round.

Scunthorpe won 14-13 on a remarkable evening, and Taylor said: "I had the pleasure of scoring two penalties in that shoot-out. It's nice to be part of something that goes down in the history books.

"It was a bit surreal. We got to a point where the two teams were standing so close to each other on the halfway line and we were laughing and joking with them.

"It was almost like a pre-season tournament and it was a penalty shoot-out. Their captain Wayne Thomas, we'd had a chat during the game and kicked lumps out of each other and get on with it.

"I was standing on the end of my line and he was standing on the end of his, and we were talking about the penalties, it was surreal. But we came through it."

The capture of Taylor has given Thistle a timely boost as they look to improve on last their tenth place finish last term.

And the 24-year-old is can't wait to hook up with Firhill forward Kallum Higginbotham again.

He said: "Last year Higgy was far, far ahead of anyone else, he was our best player. He's a bit of an enigma because sometimes you look at him and he can't control the ball.

"And the next day he's controlled the ball, flicked it over your head and - this is all in the blink of an eye - stuck it in the top corner.

"And you're like, 'Where's that come from?' But that's Higgy. If he's happy and playing well, there are not many defenders in this league that will stop him."