Season Review · October 6, 2026
Hayle City: Dominant force - A season of overwhelming superiority
Hayle City’s Season 23 in Division 6, League 2 brought a commanding league record: 16 wins, three draws and three losses from 22 matches. They finished third with 51 points, scoring 79 goals and conceding 21.
Gary's mark
5/5
Excellent
Finished
3rd
Points
51
Record
16-3-3
GD
+58
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
3rd
Points
51
Win Rate
73%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-1-4-1
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Stephen Saunders
CF
22 contributions
Top scorer
Stephen Saunders
CF
18 goals
Top assists
Vasil Zhelyazkov
LCM
8 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 51
- P79
- Scoring
- 79
- P71
- Defence
- 21
- P79
- Clean sheets
- 12
- P83
- Goal difference
- +58
- P79
5/5
Season mark
Excellent
Campaign Record
16-3-3
Wins
16
73%
Draws
3
14%
Losses
3
14%
Attack · Defence
+58 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
Hayle City’sSeason 23in Division 6, League 2 brought a commanding league record: 16 wins, three draws and three losses from 22 matches. They finished third with 51 points, scoring 79 goals and conceding 21.
The defining number was agoal difference of +58 across 22 league matches—the fun fact that captures the scale of Hayle City’s season. Their 79 goals for and 21 against produced a substantial overall margin, even as the campaign ended with the club in third place.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Scored79 goalsacross 22 league matches.
- Conceded21 goals, for a goal difference of+58.
- Recorded16 winsandthree draws.
- Finishedthirdwith51 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Hayle City’s record includes three draws and three losses, alongside 16 wins. Their third-place finish on 51 points gives the season’s league outcome its clearest context: despite a +58 goal difference, they ended the campaign outside the top two. The available figures point to the difference between a powerful goal margin and the final position, without indicating what determined that gap.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Hayle City’sSeason 23was marked by a striking +58 goal difference, 79 goals scored and 16 victories in 22 matches. Third place and 51 points complete the picture: an excellent season by the supplied rating, with the final league position standing alongside the strength of the goal record.