Season Review · October 6, 2026
Blading Shate: Difficult campaign - A season to learn from and improve
Blading Shate’s Season 23 ended with 18 points and a ninth-place finish in Division 7, League 5. The campaign brought five wins and three draws, alongside 14 defeats.
Gary's mark
5/5
Poor
Finished
9th
Points
18
Record
5-3-14
GD
-42
Gary 'Nano' Pettit-Thompson IV
Lead Football Journalist
The Match & Season Desk
Data-first, narrative-second. If it happened on the pitch, Gary filed it.
A Columns Desk filing — visual season centre first, then the full notebook.
Season Centre
The campaign in pictures — before the filing.
Position
9th
Points
18
Win Rate
23%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-4-2
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Mauricio Cuevas
LCF
5 contributions
Top scorer
Mauricio Cuevas
LCF
4 goals
Top assists
Francisco Pavez
RM
2 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 18
- P29
- Scoring
- 18
- P21
- Defence
- 60
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 5
- P29
- Goal difference
- -42
- P29
5/5
Season mark
Poor
Campaign Record
5-3-14
Wins
5
23%
Draws
3
14%
Losses
14
64%
Attack · Defence
-42 GD
The Filing
Gary's notebook, desk by desk — with the forthcoming newsroom voices framed around the edges.
From Gary's Notebook
Season Overview
Filed by
Gary Nano
Blading Shate’sSeason 23ended with 18 points and a ninth-place finish in Division 7, League 5. The campaign brought five wins and three draws, alongside 14 defeats.
The season’s goal difference of-42reflects the defensive struggles noted in the supplied fun fact. Blading Shate scored 18 goals and conceded 60, making the gap between goals for and against a defining measure of the campaign.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Scored 18 goals across the season.
- Recorded three draws.
- Finished Season 23 with 18 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
The supplied results show five wins, three draws and 14 losses, with 18 goals scored and 60 conceded. Blading Shate’s 18 points and ninth-place finish provide the season’s clearest measures for improvement.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Season 23 was a difficult campaign for Blading Shate, ending ninth with 18 points after 14 defeats. The team scored 18 goals, conceded 60 and finished with a -42 goal difference. Those figures capture the challenges of the season—and the scale of the improvement ahead.