Season Review · October 6, 2026
Branham City: Solid performance - Reliable football with room for growth
Branham City finished Season 23 in fourth place in Division 7, collecting 35 points from 22 matches. Their record was 11 wins, two draws and nine losses.
Gary's mark
5/5
Good — ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Finished
4th
Points
35
Record
11-2-9
GD
+4
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
4th
Points
35
Win Rate
50%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
3-4-3
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Cheikh Diallo
CF
12 contributions
Top scorer
Cheikh Diallo
CF
8 goals
Top assists
Ryan McDonald
RM
7 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 35
- P71
- Scoring
- 45
- P46
- Defence
- 41
- P71
- Clean sheets
- 6
- P58
- Goal difference
- +4
- P71
5/5
Season mark
Good — ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Campaign Record
11-2-9
Wins
11
50%
Draws
2
9%
Losses
9
41%
Attack · Defence
+4 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
Branham City finishedSeason 23in fourth place in Division 7, collecting 35 points from 22 matches. Their record was 11 wins, two draws and nine losses.
The season’s defining statistical note was a positive goal difference of+4: Branham City scored 45 goals and conceded 41. That balance captures the club’s “reliable football with room for growth” season, as reflected in the descriptive header.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished4thin Division 7.
- Recorded11 winsand collected35 points.
- Scored45 goalsacross the season.
- Finished with a+4 goal difference, scoring more than they conceded.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Branham City recorded nine losses alongside their 11 wins and two draws. The season figures also show 41 goals conceded against 45 scored, leaving a goal difference of +4. These results provide the clearest measures for assessing where the campaign had room for growth.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Branham City’s Season 23 ended with a fourth-place finish, 35 points and a positive goal difference. The 45 goals scored and 11 wins are strong markers in the season record, while nine losses and 41 goals conceded remain part of the overall picture.