Season Review · October 6, 2026
Stand Athletic: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Stand Athletic finished Season 23 in 12th place in Division 8, recording four wins, four draws and 14 losses for 16 points. The campaign’s numbers tell a difficult story: the club scored 25 goals and conceded 63, leaving a goal difference of -38.
Gary's mark
5/5
Poor — ★☆☆☆☆
Finished
12th
Points
16
Record
4-4-14
GD
-38
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
3-1-4-2
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Julio Cortes
LCF
8 contributions
Top scorer
Julio Cortes
LCF
7 goals
Top assists
Marcel Durand
RM
4 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 16
- P4
- Scoring
- 25
- P33
- Defence
- 63
- P21
- Clean sheets
- 2
- P17
- Goal difference
- -38
- P17
5/5
Season mark
Poor — ★☆☆☆☆
Campaign Record
4-4-14
Wins
4
18%
Draws
4
18%
Losses
14
64%
Attack · Defence
-38 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
Stand Athletic finishedSeason 23in 12th place in Division 8, recording four wins, four draws and 14 losses for 16 points. The campaign’s numbers tell a difficult story: the club scored 25 goals and conceded 63, leaving a goal difference of -38.
That -38 goal difference is the season’s defining statistic, reflecting the defensive struggles noted in the supplied season record. Stand Athletic’s four victories and four draws were not enough to offset the 14 defeats.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished12thin Division 8.
- Scored25 goalsacross the season.
- Recordedfour draws.
- Earned16 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
The season record shows 14 losses against four wins and four draws, with 25 goals scored and 63 conceded. Stand Athletic ended with a -38 goal difference and 16 points, finishing 12th. Those figures mark the main areas of difficulty in the campaign.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Stand Athletic’sSeason 23concluded with 16 points and a 12th-place finish in Division 8. Four wins and four draws were outweighed by 14 losses, while the 25 goals scored and 63 conceded produced a -38 goal difference. The final figures capture a challenging season, with the negative goal difference a particularly prominent part of the record.