Season Review · October 6, 2026
Dover Town: Struggling season - Battling against the odds
Dover Town’s Season 23 in Division 7 ended with a seventh-place finish and 27 points. Their record of eight wins, three draws and 11 losses tells the story of a season with some positive results, but also plenty of setbacks.
Gary's mark
5/5
Below Average
Finished
7th
Points
27
Record
8-3-11
GD
-28
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
7th
Points
27
Win Rate
36%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
3-1-4-2
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Hermann Hesse
LCM
10 contributions
Top scorer
Hermann Hesse
LCM
6 goals
Top assists
Tome Ai
RCM
5 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 27
- P46
- Scoring
- 36
- P50
- Defence
- 64
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 4
- P29
- Goal difference
- -28
- P38
5/5
Season mark
Below Average
Campaign Record
8-3-11
Wins
8
36%
Draws
3
14%
Losses
11
50%
Attack · Defence
-28 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
Dover Town’sSeason 23in Division 7 ended with a seventh-place finish and 27 points. Their record of eight wins, three draws and 11 losses tells the story of a season with some positive results, but also plenty of setbacks.
The season’s defining statistic was a goal difference of-28: Dover scored 36 goals and conceded 64. As the supplied fun fact notes, that figure reflected defensive struggles throughout the season.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Scored36 goalsacross the season.
- Finishedseventhin Division 7.
- Recordedeight winsandthree draws.
- Collected27 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Dover’s 64 goals conceded and -28 goal difference stand out in the season record. With 11 losses against eight wins and three draws, the results left the club seventh on 27 points.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Dover Town’sSeason 23brought eight wins and 36 goals, but 11 losses and 64 goals against weighed heavily on the campaign. The -28 goal difference and 27-point return underline the challenge of the season, which ended with the club in seventh place.