Welling United manager Ryan Maxwell on the Wings’ Isthmian Premier survival battle after crucial victory at relegation rivals Potters Bar

Manager Ryan Maxwell says Welling are going to the “ends of the earth” to beat the drop.

The Wings won 3-2 at relegation rivals Potters Bar on Saturday to move within a point of Isthmian Premier safety - plus they have a game in hand.

Substitute Jamie Reynolds scored an 83rd-minute winner after first-half goals from Lekan Majoyegbe and Sam Smith were wiped out.

Reynolds’ winner came just a minute after Potters Bar levelled as Welling showed the character and belief that could get them out of trouble with eight games to play.

They’ve been in the bottom four for months, well before Maxwell took charge last November, but have worked hard to stay in touch and get in a position to pounce.

Maxwell, whose side host Whitehawk at Park View Road this Saturday (3pm), said: “We all appreciate we’ve inherited a really tough situation that nobody would have jumped at, but the bigger the task, the more energised and determined I get, and I bring people in that have to jump on that journey mentally.

“We’ve done well since we came in here but we haven’t got our goal yet and it’s important we keep on pushing forward, keep on striving to be better, keep on believing we can win every game.

“Three wins in six is mid-table form, I want that and more, I want everything we can possibly achieve in the next eight games.

“We’re very humble in our work but the bottom line is we know what gets us results and we’re willing to go to the ends of the earth to do that, and that’s the attitude you need right now.

“It’s how we’ve turned it round, it’s how we’re getting success.

“If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it, but what can you do more of, what can we improve upon, to keep giving the players something to chase?”

Welling were good value for their 2-0