Season Review · October 6, 2026
Bury Stastwith: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Bury Stastwith’s Season 23 in Division 8 finished with the club in fifth place, on 31 points. The side recorded nine wins, four draws and nine defeats, scoring 35 goals and conceding 40 for a goal difference of -5.
Gary's mark
5/5
Average
Finished
5th
Points
31
Record
9-4-9
GD
-5
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
5th
Points
31
Win Rate
41%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-1-2-1-2-WB
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Julio Cortes
RCF
13 contributions
Top scorer
Julio Cortes
RCF
11 goals
Top assists
Eric Moreau
AM
7 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 31
- P63
- Scoring
- 35
- P63
- Defence
- 40
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 6
- P63
- Goal difference
- -5
- P46
5/5
Season mark
Average
Campaign Record
9-4-9
Wins
9
41%
Draws
4
18%
Losses
9
41%
Attack · Defence
-5 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
Bury Stastwith’sSeason 23in Division 8 finished with the club in fifth place, on 31 points. The side recorded nine wins, four draws and nine defeats, scoring 35 goals and conceding 40 for a goal difference of -5.
The season’s supplied fun fact sums it up simply:“A season of football with its own unique story.”The numbers offer the outline of that story: a fifth-place finish, with the team’s goal tally falling five short of its goals against.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished5thin Division 8.
- Collected31 pointsfrom nine wins and four draws.
- Scored35 goalsduring Season 23.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Bury Stastwith recorded nine wins, four draws and nine losses, finishing fifth on 31 points. The team scored 35 goals and conceded 40, leaving a goal difference of -5. Those figures are the season’s measurable areas for review.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Season 23 ended with Bury Stastwith fifth in Division 8 and 31 points from nine wins, four draws and nine losses. The club scored 35 goals, conceded 40 and finished with a -5 goal difference—a clear numerical summary of the campaign.