Winning games on a consistent basis

Was a great time to be following the club.
Great set of players who worked hard for each other.
Had a magnificent keeper in Paul Barron, the legend Nigel Ransom at centre half alongside John Glover who used to chip in with his fair share of goals from set pieces (the amount of goals we'd get from set plays from near post flick on was immense).
Solid hard working midfielders who could put a foot in and get about the pitch and in little Terry Robbins we always carried a goal threat.
Just a boy back then following Welling I just didn't realise what halcyon days they were for the club, how lucky we were to be there and that it wouldn't last forever.

Beating Gillingham at home in the replay (and remember we had only lost narrowly to Blackburn 0-1 at home in the 3rd round the season before) and then we must've had four games I think it was against Reading before we finally succumbed and I recall Neil Clemmance hitting the bar at Elm Park in the last minute that would've done for them as well.

www.thenationalleague.org.uk/looking-back-the-198990-season-42585

A fabulous read and review of the Conference 89/90 season

The secret in football is seeing what other more successful teams do, then copying it, so once has that same success.

Looking back at this golden period in Welling's history one can learn lessons and things to copy from what we did, to help us improve, so the good used from all these great times is used in the present too.

I am confused by our changing focus in signing players. We started off with tons of young players 19 - 26, then added older more experienced players to the squad to bring in experience, as it is easy to forget how few games many of our squad still have played, and how they are still learning.

But it now feels as if we have gone too far down the older experienced players route, as the team has become slower and less effective as a result. I think we should aim for stability. I would love to see most of our team back next season, and the season after, for the club to have stability that in turn brings in fan loyalty to see familiar players, as happened in our most successful times.

So I dont see the value short term signings like Jay Simpson make. We apparently have had hundreds of players playing for us over the years, but short term signings like Jay Simpson do nothing for us next season, or the season after, so have we learned from past mistakes in too great a player turnover?

Were any of the 89-90 era guys players that had come up from Welling youth football, did they have that then? It is great to see Cameron, as it is so much more enjoyable to watch and relate to homegrown players with a real connection with the club than a whole load of guys who are just passing through for a month or two.