Season Review · October 6, 2026
Ilksbort Stanley: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Ilksbort Stanley finished Season 23 in 12th place in Division 8, collecting 17 points from four wins, five draws and 13 losses. The club scored 20 goals and conceded 42, ending the campaign with a goal difference of -22.
Gary's mark
5/5
Poor — ★★☆☆☆
Finished
12th
Points
17
Record
4-5-13
GD
-22
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
12th
Points
17
Win Rate
18%
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
Ivan Cvetković
LF
8 contributions
Top scorer
Ivan Cvetković
LF
6 goals
Top assists
Marcel Durand
LCM
5 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 17
- P4
- Scoring
- 20
- P4
- Defence
- 42
- P4
- Clean sheets
- 6
- P54
- Goal difference
- -22
- P4
5/5
Season mark
Poor — ★★☆☆☆
Campaign Record
4-5-13
Wins
4
18%
Draws
5
23%
Losses
13
59%
Attack · Defence
-22 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
Ilksbort Stanley finishedSeason 23in 12th place in Division 8, collecting 17 points from four wins, five draws and 13 losses. The club scored 20 goals and conceded 42, ending the campaign with a goal difference of -22.
That -22 goal difference, highlighted in the season’s fun fact, points to defensive struggles throughout the season. Ilksbort Stanley’s record captures a difficult campaign in which the team’s 20 goals were outweighed by the 42 conceded.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Scored 20 goals during Season 23.
- Recorded five draws.
- Finished 12th in Division 8 with 17 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
The season record shows four wins, five draws and 13 losses, with 17 points and a 12th-place finish. Ilksbort Stanley scored 20 goals and conceded 42, producing a goal difference of -22. Those figures define the key areas of the campaign that would need to improve in future results.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Ilksbort Stanley’s Season 23 ended with 17 points and a 12th-place finish in Division 8. The side scored 20 goals, but conceded 42, finishing with a -22 goal difference. Four wins and five draws were outweighed by 13 losses, making the overall record a difficult one.