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Reporting from inside the club — development thinking, match reports, community work and everything on the Panorama calendar.
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Panorama FC is turning 40 — and this one is for the grown-ups
Saturday 17 October 2026, The Garden Venue, North Riding. Live music, food, dancing and forty years of Panorama in one room. Adults only — R1 250 per person, booking open now.
Club · 20 August 2026 · 3 min read
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Club
Panorama at 40: honouring the journey, building the future
The club was founded in 1986. Four decades on, the anniversary is being marked not with nostalgia alone but with the most significant institutional investment in the club's history.
18 August 2026 · 5 min
Development
The Panorama player pathway: from first touch to senior football
A pathway is not a diagram on a wall. It is a set of decisions about who trains where, who moves when, and on what evidence.
12 August 2026 · 6 min
Development
Why development has to be bigger than the result
Every youth club says the result does not matter. The test is what the club actually measures on a Monday morning.
5 August 2026 · 4 min
Panorama ONE
Inside Panorama ONE: building the club's digital foundation
One club. One pathway. One platform. One source of truth. What that actually means in practice.
29 July 2026 · 6 min
Development
The parent's role in long-term player development
The most useful thing a parent can do on a Saturday morning is often the least dramatic.
22 July 2026 · 4 min
Match Report
Stoppage-time equaliser leaves Engen Knockout Group B open
A missed penalty, a red card and a late Randburg FC leveller kept the defending champions' group wide open in one of the tournament's most dramatic ties.
18 July 2026 · 3 min
Club
Building an equal future for Ladies football at Panorama
A girls' pathway is not proven by having a team. It is proven by what happens to the fourteen-year-olds.
15 July 2026 · 4 min
Development
Modern coaching and the Panorama method
What a Panorama session looks like, and why it is built that way.
8 July 2026 · 5 min
Community
Community, character and the Panorama identity
"Our club is our family" is on the wall. This is what it is supposed to mean in practice.
1 July 2026 · 4 min
Panorama ONE
Better information, better player development
Why a filing system is a football decision.
24 June 2026 · 4 min
Panorama Stories
The next forty years of Panorama
What the club intends to be by 2066 — and the parts of that which start this season.
17 June 2026 · 4 min
Match Report
Panorama FC crowned Gauteng Women's Development League U15 champions
A 1–0 win over University of Pretoria (Tuks) in the GWDL U15 Top 8 final at Balfour Park FC delivered the club's biggest girls' football honour to date.
8 March 2026 · 3 min
Club
Around 500 players through the gate as Panorama opens 2026 trials
Male and female trials were held at the club's Radiokop facilities on Saturday 24 January, drawing one of the largest turnouts the club has hosted.
27 January 2026 · 3 min
Match Report
U13s win the RCLFA Cup with a late winner against Sundowns FC
A goal in the closing minutes at Trezona Park sealed a 1–0 final win and the Rand Central Local Football Association Cup Championship.
21 November 2025 · 3 min
Calendar
Events at the club
Open Day
Panorama Academy Open Day
An open morning for families considering the club: watch live sessions across every age phase, meet the coaching staff and walk through the pathway.
19 September 2026 · Free entry
Orientation
New Parent Orientation Evening
For families joining the club: how the pathway works, what fees cover, how communication runs, and how your child's information is protected.
25 September 2026 · Free entry
Trials
Trial Day — 2027 Season Intake
Structured trials across all age groups for the 2027 season, with a written assessment outcome for every player who attends.
3 October 2026 · RSVP required
Workshop
Coach Development Workshop — Session Design for the Age Phase
A practical workshop for Panorama coaches and invited coaches from neighbouring clubs on designing sessions that fit the age phase.
10 October 2026 · RSVP required
Anniversary
Panorama 40 — Anniversary Celebration
Forty years of Panorama, celebrated properly: an adults-only evening of live music, food, laughter and dancing. Saturday 17 October 2026, R1 250 per person.
17 October 2026 · Ticketed · R1 250
Community
Panorama Community Football Day
Free football for children from across the community, whether or not they are club members, with schools and neighbouring clubs invited.
24 October 2026 · Free entry
Commercial
Sponsor & Partner Evening
An evening for current and prospective partners: the club's 2027 commercial programme, delivery reporting, and the Panorama 40 partnership opportunity.
6 November 2026 · Invitation
Awards
Panorama Annual Awards & Prize Giving
The club's annual prize giving — every age group recognised, in front of the whole membership, as it has been for years.
28 November 2026 · RSVP required