Season Review · October 6, 2026
Rugham Town: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Rugham Town’s Season 23 in Division 8 finished with a fourth-place position and 33 points. Their record was nine wins, six draws and seven losses across the season.
Gary's mark
5/5
Average — ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Finished
4th
Points
33
Record
9-6-7
GD
-8
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
4th
Points
33
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
Nilson Pires
LCF
13 contributions
Top scorer
Nilson Pires
LCF
12 goals
Top assists
Jorge Alvez
RM
6 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 33
- P71
- Scoring
- 26
- P54
- Defence
- 34
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 6
- P54
- Goal difference
- -8
- P46
5/5
Season mark
Average — ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Campaign Record
9-6-7
Wins
9
41%
Draws
6
27%
Losses
7
32%
Attack · Defence
-8 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
Rugham Town’sSeason 23in Division 8 finished with a fourth-place position and 33 points. Their record was nine wins, six draws and seven losses across the season.
The club scored 26 goals and conceded 34, giving them a goal difference of -8. As the supplied fun fact puts it, it was “a season of football with its own unique story”—one reflected in those numbers and the final league position.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished4thin Division 8.
- Recordednine winsandsix draws.
- Scored26 goalsand earned33 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Rugham Town’s record included seven losses, while they conceded 34 goals against 26 scored, leaving a goal difference of -8. Those figures are the clearest areas of concern in a season that ended with 33 points and a fourth-place position.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Rugham Town finished Season 23 in fourth place with nine wins, six draws and 33 points. Their 26 goals for and 34 against produced a -8 goal difference; those figures frame a campaign with a positive tally of wins and draws, alongside room for improvement in the overall results and goal balance.