Season Review · October 6, 2026
Nestele Wanderers: Solid performance - Reliable football with room for growth
Nestele Wanderers finished Season 23 in fifth place in Division 5, League 9, with 38 points from 22 league matches. Their record was 12 wins, two draws and eight losses.
Gary's mark
5/5
Good — ★★★☆☆
Finished
5th
Points
38
Record
12-2-8
GD
+33
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
38
Win Rate
55%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-2-3-1
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Homero Villarreal
CF
21 contributions
Top scorer
Homero Villarreal
CF
13 goals
Top assists
Homero Villarreal
CF
8 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 38
- P63
- Scoring
- 70
- P79
- Defence
- 37
- P58
- Clean sheets
- 9
- P67
- Goal difference
- +33
- P71
5/5
Season mark
Good — ★★★☆☆
Campaign Record
12-2-8
Wins
12
55%
Draws
2
9%
Losses
8
36%
Attack · Defence
+33 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
Nestele Wanderers finishedSeason 23in fifth place in Division 5, League 9, with 38 points from 22 league matches. Their record was 12 wins, two draws and eight losses.
The defining figure was a+33 goal difference across 22 league matches, the supplied fun fact for the season. Nestele scored 70 goals and conceded 37, offering a clear statistical picture of a campaign that was solid, with room for growth.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Scored70 goalsacross the league campaign.
- Recorded a+33 goal differenceover 22 matches.
- Finishedfifthwith38 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Nestele’s record included eight losses alongside 12 wins and two draws. They conceded 37 goals against 70 scored, and finished the season fifth on 38 points. Those are the figures behind the room for growth in the season’s descriptive assessment.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Nestele Wanderers’ Season 23 ended with a fifth-place finish and 38 points. The 70 goals scored and +33 goal difference stand out in the record, while eight losses and 37 goals conceded mark the areas reflected in the season’s “room for growth” assessment.