Season Review · October 6, 2026
Stridges: Top-three finish - A strong Division 8 campaign
Stridges finished second in Division 8 in Season 23, recording 12 wins, four draws and six losses. Their 40 points secured a top-three finish, with the club scoring 57 goals and conceding 38.
Gary's mark
3/5
⭐⭐⭐ Good
Finished
2nd
Points
40
Record
12-4-6
GD
+19
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
2nd
Points
40
Win Rate
55%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-3-3-H
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Luis Pinto
CF
20 contributions
Top scorer
Luis Pinto
CF
13 goals
Top assists
Xinping Boon
LCM
8 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 40
- P88
- Scoring
- 57
- P96
- Defence
- 38
- P21
- Clean sheets
- 4
- P21
- Goal difference
- +19
- P79
3/5
Season mark
⭐⭐⭐ Good
Campaign Record
12-4-6
Wins
12
55%
Draws
4
18%
Losses
6
27%
Attack · Defence
+19 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
Stridges finishedsecond in Division 8 in Season 23, recording 12 wins, four draws and six losses. Their 40 points secured a top-three finish, with the club scoring 57 goals and conceding 38.
A positive goal difference of+19was a notable feature of the campaign: Stridges scored 57 goals and conceded 38, ending the season with 19 more goals scored than conceded.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished2ndin Division 8.
- Collected40 pointsfrom 22 matches.
- Scored57 goals.
- Recorded a+19 goal difference.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Stridges recorded four draws and six losses alongside their 12 wins. They finished with 40 points and a goal difference of +19, having scored 57 goals and conceded 38. These figures provide the statistical picture of the campaign without pointing to any specific cause for the dropped points.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Stridges’ Season 23 ended with a second-place finish and 40 points. Their 57 goals scored and +19 goal difference were strong elements of the record, while the season also included four draws and six losses.