Season Review · October 6, 2026
Tickbury Hotspur: Difficult campaign - A season to learn from and improve
Tickbury Hotspur’s Season 23 in Division 7 ended with an eighth-place finish, six wins, five draws and 11 losses. The campaign brought 23 points, with 26 goals scored and 55 conceded.
Gary's mark
5/5
Poor — ★★☆☆☆
Finished
8th
Points
23
Record
6-5-11
GD
-29
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
8th
Points
23
Win Rate
27%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-1-2-1-2
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Luca Colombo
LCM
10 contributions
Top scorer
Luca Colombo
LCM
7 goals
Top assists
Luca Colombo
LCM
3 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 23
- P38
- Scoring
- 26
- P21
- Defence
- 55
- P38
- Clean sheets
- 4
- P42
- Goal difference
- -29
- P29
5/5
Season mark
Poor — ★★☆☆☆
Campaign Record
6-5-11
Wins
6
27%
Draws
5
23%
Losses
11
50%
Attack · Defence
-29 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
Tickbury Hotspur’sSeason 23in Division 7 ended with an eighth-place finish, six wins, five draws and 11 losses. The campaign brought 23 points, with 26 goals scored and 55 conceded.
The supplied fun fact captures a central statistic of the season: Tickbury finished with a-29 goal difference, described as reflecting “defensive struggles throughout the season.” It was a difficult campaign, with the numbers offering a clear measure of the challenge ahead.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finishedeighthin Division 7.
- Scored26 goalsacross the season.
- Recordedfive draws.
- Collected23 points.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Tickbury’s record shows room to improve across the results and goal figures: the side recorded six wins and 11 losses, scored 26 goals and conceded 55, ending on a -29 goal difference and 23 points. These numbers provide the clearest areas for reflection ahead of the next campaign.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Tickbury Hotspur finishedSeason 23in eighth place with 23 points. Six wins and five draws were outweighed in the final record by 11 losses, while 26 goals for and 55 against produced a -29 goal difference. It was a difficult campaign, and those results and totals set out the scale of the task for improvement.