Season Review · October 6, 2026
Calne Ris Orient: Top-three finish - A strong Division 8 campaign
Calne Ris Orient finished second in Division 8 after a 22-match campaign in Season 23. Their record of 11 wins, six draws and five losses brought them 39 points and a place among the division’s top three.
Gary's mark
4/5
Good
Finished
2nd
Points
39
Record
11-6-5
GD
+23
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
2nd
Points
39
Win Rate
50%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
3-5-2
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
William Gilles
RM
12 contributions
Top scorer
William Gilles
RM
7 goals
Top assists
Friedrich Unger
CM
6 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 39
- P83
- Scoring
- 51
- P88
- Defence
- 28
- P79
- Clean sheets
- 5
- P58
- Goal difference
- +23
- P88
4/5
Season mark
Good
Campaign Record
11-6-5
Wins
11
50%
Draws
6
27%
Losses
5
23%
Attack · Defence
+23 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
Calne Ris Orient finishedsecond in Division 8after a 22-match campaign in Season 23. Their record of 11 wins, six draws and five losses brought them 39 points and a place among the division’s top three.
The headline figure was agoal difference of +23 across 22 league matches. Calne Ris Orient scored 51 goals and conceded 28, finishing the season with a positive balance of 23.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finishedsecondin Division 8.
- Earned39 pointsfrom 22 matches.
- Scored51 goalsand conceded28.
- Recorded a+23 goal difference.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Calne Ris Orient’s final record included five losses and six draws, alongside 11 wins. They finished with 28 goals against, a +23 goal difference and 39 points in second position.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Calne Ris Orient concluded Season 23 in second position, collecting 39 points from 11 wins, six draws and five losses. Their 51 goals for and 28 against produced a +23 goal difference. The final figures capture a second-place campaign, with the wins, draws and losses forming the full picture of the club’s league season.