Season Review · October 6, 2026
Cord Late: Division 8 champions - A first-place campaign
Cord Late finished Season 23 at the top of Division 8, collecting 56 points from 22 league matches. Their record of 18 wins, two draws and two losses secured first place, with 59 goals scored and 24 conceded.
Gary's mark
5/5
Excellent — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Finished
1st
Points
56
Record
18-2-2
GD
+35
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
1st
Points
56
Win Rate
82%
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
Michael Ajibola
CF
14 contributions
Top scorer
Michael Ajibola
CF
12 goals
Top assists
Ahmed Badr
LW
5 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 56
- P96
- Scoring
- 59
- P96
- Defence
- 24
- P96
- Clean sheets
- 6
- P71
- Goal difference
- +35
- P96
5/5
Season mark
Excellent — ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Campaign Record
18-2-2
Wins
18
82%
Draws
2
9%
Losses
2
9%
Attack · Defence
+35 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
Cord Late finishedSeason 23at the top of Division 8, collecting 56 points from 22 league matches. Their record of 18 wins, two draws and two losses secured first place, with 59 goals scored and 24 conceded.
A goal difference of+35 across 22 league matchescaptures the scale of the campaign: Cord Late finished with a substantial positive margin between goals scored and goals conceded.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finishedfirstin Division 8.
- Recorded 18 wins, two draws and two losses.
- Scored 59 goals and conceded 24.
- Ended the season with a+35 goal differenceand 56 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Cord Late’s league record included two draws and two losses. They finished with 24 goals against, while their 59 goals for produced a +35 goal difference and 56 points. These figures provide the available measures of the team’s results across the campaign.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Cord Late’sSeason 23was a first-place campaign, built on 18 wins in 22 matches and a total of 56 points. Their 59 goals scored and +35 goal difference underline the strength of the final record; two draws and two defeats are the other results in the supplied league figures.