Season Review · July 8, 2026
Sley Stanley: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Sley Stanley finished 9th in Division 8, League 118 in Season 20. Their 22-match record was 6 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, producing 23 points.
Gary's mark
2/5
Difficult
Finished
9th
Points
23
Record
6-5-11
GD
-22
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
9th
Points
23
Win Rate
27%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
3-4-3-A
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Philippe Robert
RF
11 contributions
Top scorer
Nilson Pires
CF
10 goals
Top assists
Pedro Chagas
AM
7 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 23
- P29
- Scoring
- 34
- P33
- Defence
- 56
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 2
- P29
- Goal difference
- -22
- P38
2/5
Season mark
Difficult
Campaign Record
6-5-11
Wins
6
27%
Draws
5
23%
Losses
11
50%
Attack · Defence
-22 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
Sley Stanley finished 9th in Division 8, League 118 in Season 20. Their 22-match record was 6 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, producing 23 points.
They scored 34 goals and conceded 56, for a goal difference of -22.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished 9th with 23 points
- Recorded 6 wins from 22 matches
- Scored 34 goals
- Conceded 56 goals
- Ended with a -22 goal difference
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
The record includes 11 losses and 56 goals conceded. Those are the clearest season totals available for measuring improvement.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Sley Stanley completed Season 20 in 9th place with 23 points and a -22 goal difference. The final table and match record provide the factual measure of their campaign.