Season Review · October 6, 2026
Orforth Park: Difficult campaign - A season to learn from and improve
Orforth Park’s Season 23 was a difficult campaign, finishing 12th in Division 5 with four points from 22 matches: one win, one draw and 20 losses. The team scored seven goals and conceded 84, ending the season with a goal difference of -77.
Gary's mark
5/5
Poor — ★☆☆☆☆
Finished
12th
Points
4
Record
1-1-20
GD
-77
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
4
Win Rate
5%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-1-4-1
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Nilson Pires
CF
3 contributions
Top scorer
Nilson Pires
CF
3 goals
Top assists
Pedro Chagas
LM
2 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 4
- P4
- Scoring
- 7
- P13
- Defence
- 84
- P13
- Clean sheets
- 0
- P4
- Goal difference
- -77
- P13
5/5
Season mark
Poor — ★☆☆☆☆
Campaign Record
1-1-20
Wins
1
5%
Draws
1
5%
Losses
20
91%
Attack · Defence
-77 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
Orforth Park’sSeason 23was a difficult campaign, finishing 12th in Division 5 with four points from 22 matches: one win, one draw and 20 losses. The team scored seven goals and conceded 84, ending the season with a goal difference of -77.
The supplied fun fact notes agoal difference of -77, reflecting the season’s defensive struggles. The figures underline a campaign with challenging results and a sizeable gap between goals scored and goals conceded.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished12thin Division 5.
- Recordedone win and one drawacross 22 matches.
- Scoredseven goalsduring the season.
- The supplied fun fact highlights a-77 goal difference.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
The results provide a clear measure of the challenge ahead: Orforth Park recorded one win, one draw and 20 losses, collecting four points. The team scored seven goals and conceded 84, for a goal difference of -77. Those season totals, alongside the 12th-place finish, are the areas to address in the next campaign.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Season 23 was a difficult campaign for Orforth Park, with 12th place, four points and a record of one win, one draw and 20 losses. Seven goals scored against 84 conceded produced a -77 goal difference. The record sets out the scale of the improvement needed: stronger results, more goals for and fewer goals against.