Season Review · October 6, 2026
Poyalton Park: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Poyalton Park’s Season 23 in Division 8 ended with 12 points and a 12th-place finish. The record was two wins, six draws and 14 losses, with 24 goals scored and 56 conceded.
Gary's mark
5/5
Poor
Finished
12th
Points
12
Record
2-6-14
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
12
Win Rate
9%
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
Branko Bartolić
LW
10 contributions
Top scorer
Pedro Chagas
RW
7 goals
Top assists
Branko Bartolić
LW
8 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 12
- P4
- Scoring
- 24
- P8
- Defence
- 56
- P13
- Clean sheets
- 1
- P4
- Goal difference
- -32
- P4
5/5
Season mark
Poor
Campaign Record
2-6-14
Wins
2
9%
Draws
6
27%
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
Poyalton Park’sSeason 23in Division 8 ended with 12 points and a 12th-place finish. The record was two wins, six draws and 14 losses, with 24 goals scored and 56 conceded.
The season’s defining figure was a goal difference of-32, reflecting the defensive struggles noted in the supplied season summary. That number, alongside the team’s results, sets the tone for a difficult campaign.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Scored 24 goals across the season.
- Recorded six draws.
- Finished Season 23 with 12 points in Division 8.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
The record of two wins, six draws and 14 losses, together with 12 points and a 12th-place finish, shows the scale of the results challenge in Season 23. Poyalton Park also conceded 56 goals against 24 scored, leaving a goal difference of -32.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Poyalton Park’s Season 23 was a challenging Division 8 campaign, ending 12th with 12 points. The six draws and 24 goals scored provided some positives, but 14 defeats and the -32 goal difference underline the difficult overall results and the defensive struggles reflected in the season figures.