Incoming Tonbridge boss Craig Nelson is set on bringing attractive football to Longmead.

Nelson is finishing the season at Lewes before taking charge at National League South Angels in the summer.

He’s built his reputation on good football since breaking into management at Glebe a couple of years ago.

That’s been his way at Lewes and he’ll look to continue that as Angels boss at Step 2.

He believes his approach to the game has helped his rise from the Southern Counties East League.

“As long as you want to play in the way we set up then it looks as though we can fit an attractive brand,” said Nelson.

“I feel like we’ve stuck to our principles really well.

“Building a competitive team is what the project is going to start off like.

“But it’s an attractive brand of football that we want to make players play and hopefully the fans enjoy being there.

“The game has massively changed since I was playing.

“It was a bit rough and ready but I was always a player who needed the ball.

“I was a winger, tricky, and I’d look to make something happen, and in my older age I played in the 10 or DM and I needed the ball to be effective.

“So I think a lot of my principles are based around possession and being hard to break down when we haven’t got the ball to ensure we can try and win it back and do what we love.

“That embodies a lot of the modern-day game.

“You didn’t want to go to Stoke on a Tuesday night because it was going to be rough and ugly but the game has totally changed.

“You watch Stoke now and everybody’s playing out from the back and wanting to play with the ball on the floor.

“So the way I want to play, it’s a little bit of who I am and then what the game and the younger players of today are used to playing.

“For me, it’s making sure that we can bring a high tempo to that as well, so it’s exciting, not just to play in but also to watch, and try and be as strong defensively as we can because that will always be the base for being successful.”

Nelson will be in the opposite dugout to former Tonbridge boss Jay Saunders on Easter Monday when Lewes visit Folkestone in the Isthmian Premier.

Saunders, who started work at Cheriton Road last week, has offered his successor “a catch-up and a beer”.