Season Review · October 6, 2026
Yatham United: Struggling season - Battling against the odds
Yatham United’s Season 23 ended with an eighth-place finish in Division 7, recording 7 wins, 2 draws and 13 losses for 23 points. The campaign’s figures tell a difficult story: the club scored 33 goals and conceded 68, leaving a goal difference of -35.
Gary's mark
5/5
Below Average
Finished
8th
Points
23
Record
7-2-13
GD
-35
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
32%
Games
22
Season Shape
Most used XI
Best-fit starting eleven for the campaign's most common formation.
Primary shape
4-2-2-2
Formation usage
Standouts
Season honours
MVP by goal contributions, plus the leading scorer and creator.
Season MVP
Luis Pinto
RCF
20 contributions
Top scorer
Luis Pinto
RCF
11 goals
Top assists
Luis Pinto
RCF
9 assists
Season profile
League-relative strengths
Percentile rank against clubs in the same league. Further out is stronger.
- Results
- 23
- P42
- Scoring
- 33
- P21
- Defence
- 68
- P33
- Clean sheets
- 1
- P17
- Goal difference
- -35
- P29
5/5
Season mark
Below Average
Campaign Record
7-2-13
Wins
7
32%
Draws
2
9%
Losses
13
59%
Attack · Defence
-35 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
Yatham United’sSeason 23ended with an eighth-place finish in Division 7, recording 7 wins, 2 draws and 13 losses for 23 points. The campaign’s figures tell a difficult story: the club scored 33 goals and conceded 68, leaving a goal difference of -35.
That -35 goal difference is the season’s defining fact, reflecting the defensive struggles noted in the supplied record. Yatham United finished the season with more losses than wins and a substantial gap between goals scored and goals conceded.
Campaign Highlights
Key Achievements and Highlights
Filed by
Gary Nano
- Finished8thin Division 7.
- Recorded7 winsand2 draws.
- Scored33 goalsacross the season.
- Recorded a-35 goal difference, with 68 goals against.
Pressure Points
Areas for Improvement
Desk lens
Touchline
Yatham United’s record of 7 wins, 2 draws and 13 losses, alongside 33 goals scored and 68 conceded, resulted in a -35 goal difference and 23 points. Those figures accompanied an eighth-place finish in Division 7.
The Long View
Final Assessment
Desk lens
The Ledger
Yatham United’sSeason 23concluded in eighth place with 23 points. Seven wins and 33 goals scored offered some return, but 13 losses and 68 goals conceded shaped the final record and left the club with a -35 goal difference.