Season Review · October 6, 2026
Stray: Solid performance - Reliable football with room for growth
Stray’s Season 23 in Division 5, League 2 ended with a seventh-place finish and 37 points. Across 22 league matches, the club recorded 12 wins, one draw and nine losses, scoring 60 goals and conceding 36.
Gary's mark
3/5
Good
Finished
7th
Points
37
Record
12-1-9
GD
+24
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
7th
Points
37
Win Rate
55%
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
Victor Alarcon
CF
12 contributions
Top scorer
Victor Alarcon
CF
11 goals
Top assists
Ali Saleh
LCM
5 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 37
- P46
- Scoring
- 60
- P54
- Defence
- 36
- P46
- Clean sheets
- 9
- P46
- Goal difference
- +24
- P46
3/5
Season mark
Good
Campaign Record
12-1-9
Wins
12
55%
Draws
1
5%
Losses
9
41%
Attack · Defence
+24 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
Stray’sSeason 23in Division 5, League 2 ended with a seventh-place finish and 37 points. Across 22 league matches, the club recorded 12 wins, one draw and nine losses, scoring 60 goals and conceding 36.
The season’s fun fact is a goal difference of+24 across 22 league matches. That figure captures a campaign in which Stray finished with 24 more goals scored than conceded, alongside a record that left room for further progress.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished7thin Division 5, League 2.
- Collected37 pointsfrom 22 league matches.
- Scored60 goals.
- Finished with a+24 goal difference.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Stray’s record included nine losses and just one draw across 22 matches. The club also conceded 36 goals. Those figures sit alongside a seventh-place finish and 37 points, marking the areas within the supplied season record where there is room to improve.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Stray’sSeason 23was a solid campaign, finishing seventh with 12 wins and 37 points. A return of 60 goals and a +24 goal difference were notable numbers; nine losses and 36 goals conceded provide the clearest statistical scope for improvement.