Is Day the man to lead Welling back into the Blue Square Premier?

After narrowly missing out on the Blue Square bet South play-offs two seasons ago, Welling United went agonisingly close to a return to highest tier of non-league Football suffering play-off final heartache to Dartford last campaign.

Player-manager Jamie Day is embarking on his fourth season in charge at Park View Road with the intentions clear; devise a plan that would see the Wings promoted to the fifth tier of English Football for the first time in 13 years.

The former Arsenal trainee wasted little time in adding to his squad following the play-off final defeat, drafting in Sam Mott from Thamesmead Town and Striker Kiernan Hughes-Mason who had just been released by Grimsby Town.

But attention was bound to circulate around a very talented Welling United squad, last season’s Blue Square South champions Woking persuaded Loick Pires and Captain Jack Parkinson to join the Blue Square Premier outfit.

However, Day has so far managed to maintain a large contingent of last season’s squad with top-scorer Luis Cumbers, Jack Obersteller, Anthony Acheampong and experienced midfielder Lee Clark all committing their future to the club.

The new acquisitions will certainly enhance the Kent-based club’s chances of winning promotion and with just under two months until the start of the season, Day will be looking to continue to add to his squad.