Mathieu Baudry insists keeping Orient in League One would be unbelievable and the players must ensure they come off the pitch at Swindon Town on Sunday with no regrets even though their fate is no longer in their own hands.

The O’s survival hopes are hanging by a thread, less than a year after missing out on promotion to the Championship on penalties at Wembley, after failing to win any of their last six matches.

It means Orient must take maximum points at the County Ground in their final game on Sunday but are also reliant on their rivals in the relegation battle failing to win.

Second-bottom Orient have been written off by many already and the Frenchman believes keeping the team in the division would be a huge result after such a difficult season.

Baudry said: “I think it would be unbelievable. I don’t think the fans deserve that [relegation]. We have had a difficult season. We won’t lie that there has been a lot of stuff that has happened. It’s been hard but if we could keep the club up and start again next season, learning from our mistakes, it would be amazing for the club. We need to do that.”

Orient are in the unenviable position of not having control of their own destiny. But the O’s centre-back insists the players cannot worry about results elsewhere and have to make sure the team completes their job in Wiltshire.

He said: “There’s a French saying ‘if you’re going to die just die with your belief’. So we just need to believe in ourselves and just try to play our game and not have any regrets when we come off the pitch at Swindon.

“We’re not down yet and we will go there this weekend and make sure we do our part and win this game at Swindon.”

Baudry still has another year left on his contract at Brisbane Road but admits the prospect of League Two football would have a damaging affect on the Orient players’ careers.

“I still have another year but like every player we want to play at the highest level possible,” he said. “Of course the fans are upset because they don’t want to go into League Two and we don’t either. It’s our career so it affects us.

“When people say give everything, trust us we are giving everything because we don’t want to go down. It affects our family and our careers. We will just keep working and give everything we’ve got.”

The O’s travel to face a Swindon side assured of fourth place and there is every chance manager Mark Cooper could opt to rest players, ahead of the play-offs, as he did in last weekend’s defeat to Preston.

But Baudry is adamant Orient cannot afford to think their task will be easier and has warned their opponents could be more dangerous without the pressure of needing to win.

The 27-year-old said: “If you think like this I think you’re dead. You can think like that but in another way it’s an advantage because they’ve got no pressure so they can express themselves. Maybe they’re going to give chances to the other players and they’re going to be eager to show the manager they deserve a spot for the play-offs. We don’t need to think about that. We just need to think about us and give everything we’ve got.”

This is Baudry’s third season at the club and the last two years have seen Orient contending at the other end of the table. But the defender believes their battle at the bottom has been a far bigger mental challenge for the squad.

The Frenchman said: “I never had an end to the season where we just chilled and had nothing to play for. In the first season we were in the hunt until the last game for the play-offs. Last year of course we had the final at Wembley and now we are at the other end of the table.

“Mentally it’s harder to be where we are this season so we need to show even more character than when we were playing at the top. When you are in trouble you need to show character and you have b******s so we’re going to see this week if we’ve got it.”