Season Review · October 6, 2026
Paiton Rangers: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Paiton Rangers finished Season 23 in 12th place in Division 8, recording four wins, four draws and 14 losses. The campaign ended on 16 points, with 14 goals scored and 46 conceded.
Gary's mark
5/5
Poor — ★☆☆☆☆
Finished
12th
Points
16
Record
4-4-14
GD
-32
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
16
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
7 contributions
Top scorer
Nilson Pires
LCF
4 goals
Top assists
Nilson Pires
LCF
3 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 16
- P4
- Scoring
- 14
- P4
- Defence
- 46
- P42
- Clean sheets
- 3
- P8
- Goal difference
- -32
- P4
5/5
Season mark
Poor — ★☆☆☆☆
Campaign Record
4-4-14
Wins
4
18%
Draws
4
18%
Losses
14
64%
Attack · Defence
-32 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
Paiton Rangers finishedSeason 23in 12th place in Division 8, recording four wins, four draws and 14 losses. The campaign ended on 16 points, with 14 goals scored and 46 conceded.
The supplied fun fact captures the scale of the challenge: a goal difference of-32, reflecting defensive struggles throughout the season. That figure, alongside the team’s goals-for and goals-against totals, defines a difficult season in numbers.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Recorded four wins and four draws inSeason 23.
- Finished 12th in Division 8 with 16 points.
- The season’s goal difference was -32.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Paiton Rangers’ 16 points came from four wins and four draws across a season that included 14 losses. The team scored 14 goals and conceded 46, finishing with a goal difference of -32. Those supplied results and totals outline the areas that weighed on the campaign.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Season 23 was a difficult Division 8 campaign for Paiton Rangers, ending 12th with 16 points. Four wins and four draws were outweighed by 14 losses, while 14 goals scored and 46 conceded produced a -32 goal difference. The season’s record is clear: the points total and goal difference stand out as the central measures of the club’s performance.