Season Review · October 6, 2026
Hadles Rovers: Top-three finish - A strong Division 8 campaign
Hadles Rovers finished Season 23 in second place in Division 8, recording 13 wins, three draws and six defeats for a total of 42 points. The campaign’s goal difference was positive: the Rovers scored 51 goals and conceded 46, finishing at +5.
Gary's mark
5/5
Good — ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Finished
2nd
Points
42
Record
13-3-6
GD
+5
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
2nd
Points
42
Win Rate
59%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-3-3
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Luis Pinto
LW
20 contributions
Top scorer
Ousmane Sylla
CF
12 goals
Top assists
Luis Pinto
LW
10 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 42
- P88
- Scoring
- 51
- P79
- Defence
- 46
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 5
- P58
- Goal difference
- +5
- P71
5/5
Season mark
Good — ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Campaign Record
13-3-6
Wins
13
59%
Draws
3
14%
Losses
6
27%
Attack · Defence
+5 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
Hadles Rovers finishedSeason 23in second place in Division 8, recording 13 wins, three draws and six defeats for a total of 42 points. The campaign’s goal difference was positive: the Rovers scored 51 goals and conceded 46, finishing at+5.
That positive goal difference is the season’s fun fact in a nutshell: Hadles scored more goals than they conceded. Their final record combined a second-place finish with a five-goal surplus across the campaign.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finishedsecondin Division 8.
- Collected42 pointsfrom 13 wins, three draws and six losses.
- Scored51 goalsacross the season.
- Recorded a+5 goal difference, scoring more than they conceded.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Hadles Rovers endedSeason 23with six losses and conceded 46 goals. Their +5 goal difference shows that goals for exceeded goals against, but the figures also leave room to reduce the goals conceded and losses in a future campaign.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Second place and 42 points madeSeason 23a strong Division 8 campaign for Hadles Rovers. They scored 51 goals and finished with a positive goal difference of +5. The record also included six losses and 46 goals against—figures that offer a clear measure of where improvement could be reflected in future results.