Season Review · October 6, 2026
Gatler Thistle: Division 8 champions - A first-place campaign
Gatler Thistle finished first in Division 8, collecting 58 points from 22 league matches in Season 23. Their record of 19 wins, one draw and two losses framed a campaign that ended with the club at the top of the table.
Gary's mark
5/5
Excellent
Finished
1st
Points
58
Record
19-1-2
GD
+52
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
58
Win Rate
86%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-5-1
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Mao Liew
LAM
26 contributions
Top scorer
Aguinaldo Lopes
CF
16 goals
Top assists
Mao Liew
LAM
12 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 58
- P96
- Scoring
- 77
- P88
- Defence
- 25
- P79
- Clean sheets
- 10
- P92
- Goal difference
- +52
- P88
5/5
Season mark
Excellent
Campaign Record
19-1-2
Wins
19
86%
Draws
1
5%
Losses
2
9%
Attack · Defence
+52 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
Gatler Thistle finishedfirst in Division 8, collecting 58 points from 22 league matches inSeason 23. Their record of 19 wins, one draw and two losses framed a campaign that ended with the club at the top of the table.
The season’s defining figure was agoal difference of +52 across 22 league matches—the supplied fun fact and a reflection of the gap between Gatler Thistle’s 77 goals scored and 25 conceded.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished1st in Division 8.
- Recorded19 wins, one draw and two losses.
- Scored77 goalsand conceded25.
- Finished with a+52 goal differenceand58 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Gatler Thistle’s league record included two losses and one draw. They conceded 25 goals, finishing with a +52 goal difference; these results provide the available measures of the campaign’s areas for improvement.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Gatler Thistle’sSeason 23ended in first place, with 19 wins from 22 matches and 58 points. A 77–25 goals record produced a +52 goal difference, while the one draw and two losses remain the other key figures in an outstanding first-place campaign.