Season Review · October 6, 2026
Sward: Division 8 review - The season in numbers
Sward’s Season 23 in Division 8 finished with 37 points and a fourth-place position. Across 22 matches, the team recorded 11 wins, four draws and seven losses.
Gary's mark
3/5
Good
Finished
4th
Points
37
Record
11-4-7
GD
-6
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
37
Win Rate
50%
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
Philippe Robert
CF
17 contributions
Top scorer
Philippe Robert
CF
14 goals
Top assists
Branko Bartolić
LW
8 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 37
- P75
- Scoring
- 39
- P63
- Defence
- 45
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 4
- P33
- Goal difference
- -6
- P63
3/5
Season mark
Good
Campaign Record
11-4-7
Wins
11
50%
Draws
4
18%
Losses
7
32%
Attack · Defence
-6 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
Sward’s Season 23 in Division 8 finished with 37 points and a fourth-place position. Across 22 matches, the team recorded 11 wins, four draws and seven losses.
The season’s own unique story, as the supplied fun fact puts it, was “a season of football with its own unique story.” Sward scored 39 goals and conceded 45, ending with a goal difference of -6.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finishedfourthin Division 8.
- Recorded11 winsandfour draws.
- Scored39 goalsacross the season.
- Finished Season 23 with37 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Sward recorded seven losses, while conceding 45 goals against 39 scored. The resulting goal difference was -6. These figures offer a clear statistical area for improvement; the team finished fourth with 37 points.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Sward’s Season 23 ended in fourth place, with 11 wins, four draws and 37 points. The team scored 39 goals, but conceded 45, finishing with a -6 goal difference. That balance of results and goal figures frames a season ratedGood.