Season Review · October 6, 2026
Highle-Wood: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Highle-Wood’s Season 23 in Division 8 finished with 30 points and a fifth-place position. Across 22 matches, the club recorded eight wins, six draws and eight losses.
Gary's mark
5/5
Below Average
Finished
5th
Points
30
Record
8-6-8
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
5th
Points
30
Win Rate
36%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-4-2
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Nilson Pires
LCF
9 contributions
Top scorer
Nilson Pires
LCF
7 goals
Top assists
Philippe Robert
RCF
3 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 30
- P63
- Scoring
- 21
- P17
- Defence
- 26
- P79
- Clean sheets
- 9
- P79
- Goal difference
- -5
- P54
5/5
Season mark
Below Average
Campaign Record
8-6-8
Wins
8
36%
Draws
6
27%
Losses
8
36%
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
Highle-Wood’sSeason 23in Division 8 finished with 30 points and a fifth-place position. Across 22 matches, the club recorded eight wins, six draws and eight losses.
The season produced 21 goals for and 26 against, leaving Highle-Wood with a goal difference of -5. As the supplied fun fact puts it, it was “a season of football with its own unique story”—one reflected in a record of wins, draws and losses.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finishedfifthin Division 8.
- Collected30 pointsfrom 22 matches.
- Recordedsix drawsalongside eight wins and eight losses.
- Scored21 goalsand conceded26.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Highle-Wood finished with a negative goal difference of -5, scoring 21 goals and conceding 26. The club’s record of eight wins, six draws and eight losses resulted in 30 points and fifth place; those figures define the season’s overall outcome.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Highle-Wood endedSeason 23in fifth place with 30 points, built from eight wins, six draws and eight losses. The club scored 21 goals, conceded 26 and finished with a -5 goal difference. Those results capture a season with a varied record and clear room to improve its overall points and goal figures.