Season Review · October 6, 2026
Taven Thistle: Top-three finish - A strong Division 8 campaign
Taven Thistle’s Season 23 campaign in Division 8 ended with a second-place finish and an impressive record of 17 wins, three draws and two losses. The club collected 54 points from 22 league matches, scoring 80 goals and conceding 19.
Gary's mark
5/5
Excellent
Finished
2nd
Points
54
Record
17-3-2
GD
+61
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
54
Win Rate
77%
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
Robert Smith
CF
23 contributions
Top scorer
Robert Smith
CF
17 goals
Top assists
Eric Lim
LCM
15 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 54
- P88
- Scoring
- 80
- P96
- Defence
- 19
- P96
- Clean sheets
- 7
- P71
- Goal difference
- +61
- P96
5/5
Season mark
Excellent
Campaign Record
17-3-2
Wins
17
77%
Draws
3
14%
Losses
2
9%
Attack · Defence
+61 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
Taven Thistle’sSeason 23campaign in Division 8 ended with a second-place finish and an impressive record of 17 wins, three draws and two losses. The club collected 54 points from 22 league matches, scoring 80 goals and conceding 19.
The numbers tell a story of a strong season: Taven Thistle finished with a +61 goal difference. As the supplied fun fact puts it, that goal difference came across 22 league matches—a striking measure of the campaign’s overall results.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished2ndin Division 8.
- Recorded17 winsin 22 league matches.
- Scored80 goals.
- Conceded19 goals, for a+61 goal difference.
- Earned54 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Taven Thistle recorded three draws and two losses, alongside 17 wins, finishing in second place with 54 points. Those results are the available measures of where points were not secured across the campaign.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Taven Thistle’sSeason 23was a strong Division 8 campaign, ending in second place with 17 wins and a +61 goal difference. The club scored 80 goals and conceded 19, earning 54 points. The record also included three draws and two losses, the results reflected in its final position.