Season Review · October 6, 2026
Hodbury Stanley: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Hodbury Stanley’s Season 23 finished with the club in 9th place in Division 8, earning 23 points from 22 matches. Their record of seven wins, two draws and 13 losses captures a season with more defeats than victories.
Gary's mark
5/5
Below Average
Finished
9th
Points
23
Record
7-2-13
GD
-19
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
9th
Points
23
Win Rate
32%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
3-4-3
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Philippe Robert
RF
10 contributions
Top scorer
Philippe Robert
RF
7 goals
Top assists
Jorge Alvez
LCM
6 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 23
- P25
- Scoring
- 25
- P4
- Defence
- 44
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 3
- P29
- Goal difference
- -19
- P25
5/5
Season mark
Below Average
Campaign Record
7-2-13
Wins
7
32%
Draws
2
9%
Losses
13
59%
Attack · Defence
-19 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
Hodbury Stanley’sSeason 23finished with the club in 9th place in Division 8, earning 23 points from 22 matches. Their record of seven wins, two draws and 13 losses captures a season with more defeats than victories.
The numbers tell a clear story: Stanley scored 25 goals and conceded 44, ending with a goal difference of -19. As the supplied fun fact puts it, this was “a season of football with its own unique story.”
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished 9th in Division 8.
- Recorded seven wins across the season.
- Scored 25 goals.
- Earned 23 points from 22 matches.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Hodbury Stanley’s 13 losses outweighed their seven wins, while the two draws contributed little to their 23-point total. The 25 goals scored were set against 44 conceded, leaving a goal difference of -19. Those are the results-based areas that define the team’sSeason 23campaign.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Hodbury Stanley endedSeason 23in 9th place with 23 points. Seven wins and 25 goals provided positives in the record, but 13 losses, 44 goals conceded and a -19 goal difference shaped the overall assessment. The supplied rating ofBelow Averagereflects a season in which the results left room for improvement.