Season Review · October 6, 2026
Hairking Rovers: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Hairking Rovers finished 5th in Division 8 in Season 23, collecting 35 points from 22 matches. Their record of 11 wins, two draws and nine losses tells the story of a season with plenty of victories, alongside results that left them short of a higher points total.
Gary's mark
3/5
Good ⭐⭐⭐
Finished
5th
Points
35
Record
11-2-9
GD
-8
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
5th
Points
35
Win Rate
50%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-3-3-F9
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Russell Nelson
LW
8 contributions
Top scorer
David White
LCM
4 goals
Top assists
Russell Nelson
LW
6 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 35
- P63
- Scoring
- 37
- P54
- Defence
- 45
- P71
- Clean sheets
- 3
- P33
- Goal difference
- -8
- P54
3/5
Season mark
Good ⭐⭐⭐
Campaign Record
11-2-9
Wins
11
50%
Draws
2
9%
Losses
9
41%
Attack · Defence
-8 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
Hairking Rovers finished5th in Division 8inSeason 23, collecting 35 points from 22 matches. Their record of 11 wins, two draws and nine losses tells the story of a season with plenty of victories, alongside results that left them short of a higher points total.
The team scored 37 goals and conceded 45, finishing with a goal difference of -8. As the supplied fun fact puts it:“A season of football with its own unique story.”
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished5thin Division 8.
- Recorded11 winsacross the season.
- Scored37 goals.
- Ended the campaign with35 points.
From the Columns Desk
Verified player performance totals
Filed by
Gary Nano
Verified player performance totals are unavailable.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Hairking Rovers’ 11 wins were offset by nine defeats, with two draws completing the record. The team conceded 45 goals while scoring 37, resulting in a -8 goal difference. These figures, alongside a total of 35 points and a fifth-place finish, frame the season’s results.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Hairking Rovers endedSeason 23in fifth place, with 11 wins and 35 points. They scored 37 goals, but conceded 45, leaving a -8 goal difference; nine losses and two draws also shaped the final record. It was a season with a solid number of victories, while the overall results and goal difference leave clear markers in the campaign’s numbers.