Season Review · October 6, 2026
Budleby Lod: Struggling season - Battling against the odds
Budleby Lod’s Season 23 was a difficult campaign in Division 6, finishing eighth with 23 points. Their record of seven wins, two draws and 13 losses captures a season in which results proved hard to secure consistently.
Gary's mark
5/5
Below Average
Finished
8th
Points
23
Record
7-2-13
GD
-17
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
8th
Points
23
Win Rate
32%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-2-3-1
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Isamu Kimura
LW
11 contributions
Top scorer
Isamu Kimura
LW
5 goals
Top assists
Isamu Kimura
LW
6 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 23
- P38
- Scoring
- 40
- P38
- Defence
- 57
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 6
- P38
- Goal difference
- -17
- P38
5/5
Season mark
Below Average
Campaign Record
7-2-13
Wins
7
32%
Draws
2
9%
Losses
13
59%
Attack · Defence
-17 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
Budleby Lod’s Season 23 was a difficult campaign in Division 6, finishing eighth with 23 points. Their record of seven wins, two draws and 13 losses captures a season in which results proved hard to secure consistently.
The club scored 40 goals and conceded 57, ending with a goal difference of -17. As the supplied fun fact puts it, “A season of football with its own unique story”—a fitting note for a campaign that brought its own challenges.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Scored 40 goals across the season.
- Finished eighth with 23 points.
- Recorded seven wins and two draws.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Budleby Lod’s record of seven wins, two draws and 13 losses shows that losses outweighed wins over the campaign. With 40 goals for and 57 against, the club finished with a -17 goal difference and 23 points. These figures provide the clearest measures of where the season fell short.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Budleby Lod finished Season 23 in eighth place with 23 points. Seven wins and 40 goals offered positives, but 13 losses, 57 goals conceded and a -17 goal difference shaped a challenging season. The supplied record leaves the campaign as one of struggle, with its results and goal difference the clearest areas for improvement.