Season Review · October 6, 2026
Houstone City: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Houstone City’s Season 23 in Division 8 finished with 22 points and 10th place. The campaign brought four wins, 10 draws and eight losses, with the club scoring 29 goals and conceding 37 for a goal difference of -8.
Gary's mark
5/5
Poor
Finished
10th
Points
22
Record
4-10-8
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
10th
Points
22
Win Rate
18%
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
13 contributions
Top scorer
Nilson Pires
LCF
8 goals
Top assists
Nilson Pires
LCF
5 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 22
- P21
- Scoring
- 29
- P54
- Defence
- 37
- P29
- Clean sheets
- 3
- P17
- Goal difference
- -8
- P38
5/5
Season mark
Poor
Campaign Record
4-10-8
Wins
4
18%
Draws
10
45%
Losses
8
36%
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
Houstone City’sSeason 23in Division 8 finished with 22 points and 10th place. The campaign brought four wins, 10 draws and eight losses, with the club scoring 29 goals and conceding 37 for a goal difference of -8.
The season’s fun fact sums up the challenge:“18.2% win rate - a challenging season.”Draws accounted for half of Houstone City’s 22 league results, while the final points total was 22.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Scored29 goalsacross the season.
- Recorded10 draws.
- Finished10thin Division 8 with22 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Houstone City finished with four wins, 10 draws and eight losses, collecting 22 points in 10th place. The team scored 29 goals and conceded 37, ending the season with a goal difference of -8.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Season 23 ended with Houstone City 10th in Division 8, on 22 points. The record included 10 draws and four wins, alongside 29 goals scored and 37 conceded. Those figures capture a campaign with a negative goal difference of -8 and a win rate of 18.2%.