Season Review · October 6, 2026
Exmough Argyle: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Exmough Argyle finished Season 23 in 10th place in Division 8, recording four wins, four draws and 14 losses for 16 points. The campaign’s numbers reflect a difficult season, with 24 goals scored and 64 conceded.
Gary's mark
2/5
Poor
Finished
10th
Points
16
Record
4-4-14
GD
-40
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
10th
Points
16
Win Rate
18%
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
Julio Cortes
LCF
9 contributions
Top scorer
Julio Cortes
LCF
7 goals
Top assists
John Bailey
RCM
4 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 16
- P21
- Scoring
- 24
- P29
- Defence
- 64
- P13
- Clean sheets
- 3
- P25
- Goal difference
- -40
- P13
2/5
Season mark
Poor
Campaign Record
4-4-14
Wins
4
18%
Draws
4
18%
Losses
14
64%
Attack · Defence
-40 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
Exmough Argyle finishedSeason 23in 10th place in Division 8, recording four wins, four draws and 14 losses for 16 points. The campaign’s numbers reflect a difficult season, with 24 goals scored and 64 conceded.
The supplied fun fact captures the scale of the goal-difference challenge: Exmough Argyle endedSeason 23with a goal difference of-40, described as defensive struggles throughout the season. The club’s final record gives the clearest snapshot of how the season unfolded.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished10thin Division 8.
- Recordedfour wins and four draws, earning16 points.
- Scored24 goalsduring the season.
- Recorded a-40 goal difference.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Exmough Argyle’s record of four wins, four draws and 14 losses, alongside 16 points and a 10th-place finish, defines the areas for improvement. The team scored 24 goals and conceded 64, resulting in a goal difference of -40.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Season 23 ended with Exmough Argyle 10th in Division 8, having collected 16 points from four wins, four draws and 14 losses. The team scored 24 goals, conceded 64 and finished with a -40 goal difference. Those figures make the season’s central challenge clear: improving the overall results and reducing the gap between goals scored and conceded.