Season Review · October 6, 2026
St Aycombe: Solid performance - Reliable football with room for growth
St Aycombe’s Season 23 brought a fifth-place finish in Division 7, with 37 points from 22 matches. The record of 11 wins, four draws and seven losses offers a clear snapshot of a campaign with plenty of positive results and room for growth.
Gary's mark
4/5
Good — ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Finished
5th
Points
37
Record
11-4-7
GD
-9
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
5th
Points
37
Win Rate
50%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
5-2-3-A
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Khadim Diakhate
CF
11 contributions
Top scorer
Luis Gomes
LF
8 goals
Top assists
Khadim Diakhate
CF
4 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 37
- P63
- Scoring
- 47
- P46
- Defence
- 56
- P58
- Clean sheets
- 5
- P63
- Goal difference
- -9
- P50
4/5
Season mark
Good — ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Campaign Record
11-4-7
Wins
11
50%
Draws
4
18%
Losses
7
32%
Attack · Defence
-9 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
St Aycombe’sSeason 23brought a fifth-place finish in Division 7, with 37 points from 22 matches. The record of 11 wins, four draws and seven losses offers a clear snapshot of a campaign with plenty of positive results and room for growth.
The club scored 47 goals and conceded 56, ending with a goal difference of -9. The season’s own unique story, as the supplied fun fact puts it, was “a season of football with its own unique story.”
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished5thin Division 7.
- Recorded11 winsand4 draws.
- Scored47 goalsacross the campaign.
- Collected37 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
St Aycombe finished with 37 points from 11 wins, four draws and seven losses. The side scored 47 goals and conceded 56, leaving a goal difference of -9. Those figures are the clearest indicators of where the season’s results left room for growth.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
St Aycombe’sSeason 23ended in fifth place with 37 points, built on 11 wins and four draws. The 47 goals scored were offset by 56 conceded, resulting in a -9 goal difference. It was a solid campaign by the supplied rating, with the final record also showing scope for improvement.