Panorama has taken girls into football since its early years, and girls have played here from the age of five for a long time. That is a starting point, not an achievement.
The measure that matters in girls' football is retention through the teenage years. That is where the drop-off happens, almost everywhere, and it happens for reasons that are mostly organisational rather than sporting: the training slot moves to make room for a boys' team, the age group thins out, there is no visible next level, the coaching becomes an afterthought.
The club's position is therefore specific rather than aspirational. Girls' training slots are protected in the schedule rather than displaced. The curriculum, the assessment framework and the coaching standard are the same ones used across the club, not a lighter version. There is a visible open-age Ladies side playing competitive league football, so a nine-year-old girl can see the whole road. And the club is deliberately developing female coaches, because representation on the touchline is part of the retention answer.
Panorama Ladies currently lead their division, and several of the squad came through Panorama's own girls' age groups. That is the argument being made on the pitch. The squad also runs mentoring sessions with Foundation-age girls through the season, which is the argument being made off it.
The next step is depth: continuous girls' provision at every age band rather than a strong senior side and gaps beneath it. That is a recruitment and scheduling problem, and it is on the club's plan.
Review note: Proposed club editorial for review; Ladies programme confirmed on existing site.