Season Review · October 6, 2026
Pontingbough: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Pontingbough finished Season 23 in sixth place in Division 8, recording nine wins, two draws and 11 losses for 29 points. Their season ended with an even goal difference: 55 scored and 55 conceded.
Gary's mark
3/5
Average
Finished
6th
Points
29
Record
9-2-11
GD
+0
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
6th
Points
29
Win Rate
41%
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
Weijie Hong
LCF
18 contributions
Top scorer
Weijie Hong
LCF
14 goals
Top assists
Friedrich Unger
LCM
8 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 29
- P50
- Scoring
- 55
- P79
- Defence
- 55
- P29
- Clean sheets
- 2
- P46
- Goal difference
- 0
- P42
3/5
Season mark
Average
Campaign Record
9-2-11
Wins
9
41%
Draws
2
9%
Losses
11
50%
Attack · Defence
+0 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
Pontingbough finishedSeason 23in sixth place in Division 8, recording nine wins, two draws and 11 losses for 29 points. Their season ended with an even goal difference: 55 scored and 55 conceded.
The headline number was 55 goals scored—a total captured by the supplied fun fact,“prolific attacking football.”Pontingbough also conceded 55, leaving the team’s goals for and against perfectly level.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Scored 55 goals in Division 8.
- Finished with an even goal difference of 0.
- Recorded nine wins and two draws on the way to sixth place.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Pontingbough’s record included 11 losses against nine wins and two draws, finishing on 29 points in sixth place. The team scored and conceded 55 goals, resulting in a goal difference of zero. Those figures define the season’s outcomes: a level goals tally alongside more losses than wins.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Pontingbough’s Season 23 campaign brought 29 points and a sixth-place finish in Division 8. The team scored 55 goals, but conceded the same number, while its record of nine wins, two draws and 11 losses left the season with an even goal difference and more defeats than victories.