Season Review · October 6, 2026
Lonbury United: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Lonbury United’s Season 23 in Division 8 ended with 20 points and 11th place. Their record was five wins, five draws and 12 losses, with 24 goals scored and 38 conceded for a goal difference of -14.
Gary's mark
5/5
Poor — ★★☆☆☆
Finished
11th
Points
20
Record
5-5-12
GD
-14
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
11th
Points
20
Win Rate
23%
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
14 contributions
Top scorer
Nilson Pires
LCF
11 goals
Top assists
Philippe Robert
RCF
5 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 20
- P13
- Scoring
- 24
- P42
- Defence
- 38
- P13
- Clean sheets
- 3
- P4
- Goal difference
- -14
- P13
5/5
Season mark
Poor — ★★☆☆☆
Campaign Record
5-5-12
Wins
5
23%
Draws
5
23%
Losses
12
55%
Attack · Defence
-14 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
Lonbury United’sSeason 23in Division 8 ended with 20 points and 11th place. Their record was five wins, five draws and 12 losses, with 24 goals scored and 38 conceded for a goal difference of -14.
The supplied fun fact captures the campaign neatly:“A season of football with its own unique story.”In the numbers, that story is a season in which Lonbury recorded five wins and five draws, while finishing with more losses than wins.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished11thin Division 8.
- Recordedfive winsandfive draws.
- Scored24 goals.
- Finished the season with20 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Lonbury’s record of five wins, five draws and 12 losses left them with 20 points and 11th place. The team scored 24 goals and conceded 38, resulting in a goal difference of -14. Those figures mark the main areas of the season’s league record to improve upon.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Lonbury United’sSeason 23concluded in 11th place with 20 points. Five wins and five draws were offset by 12 losses; 24 goals for and 38 against left the club with a -14 goal difference. The season’s record is clear in the numbers, even if its unique story remains its own.