Panorama FC is an amateur association football club based in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The club was formed in 2012 and currently competes in the Western Premier League (WPL).[1] It also has clubs in the local Bathurst District Football junior and senior competitions.

Panorama
Full namePanorama Football Club
Nickname(s)The Goats
Founded2012
GroundProctor Park, Bathurst
LeagueWestern Premier League
20203rd
WebsiteClub website

History edit

Panorama FC were formed in 2012 with two teams competing in local Bathurst District Football senior grade competition.[2] The club has since grown to more than 10 teams in the local senior grade competition, claiming its maiden Bathurst District Football Premier League title in both men's and women's in 2018.[3][4]

Panorama was also a founding member of the revived Western Premier League competition for the 2020 season.[5] The Goats also competed in the FFA Cup for the first time in 2020, going down to Central Coast Premier League side Southern & Ettalong FC 7–3 in the second round of qualifying.[6] The remaining qualifying rounds and competition proper were cancelled in May because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Panorama currently play all of its home games at Proctor Park, however, the club has expressed its desire to use Alec Lamberton Field, the former ground of Bathurst '75, which has since become derelict after the former tenant abandon the ground at the end of 2012.[8]

Honours edit

  • Bathurst District Football Men's Premier League
Winners (1): 2018
Runners-Up (1): 2017
  • Bathurst District Football Men's Second Grade
Winners (1): 2019
  • Bathurst District Football Men's Third Grade
Winners (1): 2016
Runners-UP (1): 2020
  • Bathurst District Football Men's Fourth Grade
Winners (1): 2020
  • Bathurst District Football Women's Premier League
Winners (2): 2018, 2020
Runners-Up (2): 2017, 2019
  • Bathurst District Football Women's Third Grade
Winners (1): 2017, 2020

References edit

  1. ^ Western Premier League officially confirmed to return in 2020 in Western Advocate, 17 February 2020
  2. ^ "The Goats". Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ Panorama win maiden first grade premiership with win over Mudgee in Western Advocate, 24 September 2018
  4. ^ Panorama defeats CSU to win first women’s top tier title in Western Advocate, 24 September 2018
  5. ^ WPL season preview | A look at the seven clubs taking part in Lithgow Mercury, 4 July 2020
  6. ^ Southern & Ettalong defeat Panorama 7-3 in FFA Cup preliminary round match on the Central Coast in Western Advocate, 13 March 2020
  7. ^ Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled in The World Game, 20 May 2020
  8. ^ 'Just doesn't make sense': Councillor slams snub for Lamberton groups in Western Advocate, 1 April 2018