The original manuscript is presented as serialised within The Series.
This section provides supplementary material drawn from, or developed alongside, the manuscript.
These pages preserve the integrity of the original text while offering space for clarification, context, and reflection.
Relevant manuscript posts — article in The Series — include links to these supplementary pages where appropriate..
Background & Supporting Material
Supplementary pages providing background, explanation, and supporting context for the manuscript.
Historical Context
Material providing background and historical reference for events, individuals, and organisations described in the manuscript.
- The Footy Five
- Ron Mulock — Public Tribute (Western Weekender, 2014)
- The Western Weekender
- The Tin Shed — Myth and Memory
- “We’ve Made It!”
- Removing the Football Club Secretary & Treasurer
- Wires, Magnets and Monitoring
- Panther Stamps
- The Iconic Panthers Scoreboard
- Looking Abroad — Bringing Stephenson and Ashurst to Penrith
- The 1990 Queensland Criminal Justice Commission
- Super League — The Panthers Move
- Super League — The Real Money Fight
- Super League — When the Panthers Faced the Community
- Counting Crowds to Chase Survival
- Survival Becomes a Numbers Game — The NRL Criteria
- Following the Merger Debate
- Bringing Phil Gould Back to Penrith
- Resurrecting the Merger Debate
Explanation & Expansion
Supplementary material explaining concepts, structures, or decisions referenced in the narrative, and expanding on areas that would otherwise interrupt its flow.
- The Temby Inquiry
- The Impact of a Turnover Tax
- From Tin Shed to Taj Mahal
- Feeney Electronics — Ahead of its Time
- Why One Board, One CEO?
- The Article That Changed Panthers’ Thinking
- The 1983 Strategic Reset
- The 1983 Strategic Reset — Did it Work
- The Footy Five — A Name That Rewrote the Story
- Don’t Fix the Decision. Fix the System
- The Mental Game — Roger, Gus and an Idea Ahead of its Time
Major Players
Brief profiles of key individuals referenced throughout the manuscript.
Perspectives & Additional Material
Material presented separately from the manuscript to provide interpretation, personal perspective, and additional context.
Reflections
Personal observations and interpretive commentary on issues and events.
Removed Sections
Passages extracted during editorial development to preserve narrative flow.
- The Bungool Picnic
- Negotiating with Council — The Station Street Road Closures
- Culture — An Early Instance at Panthers
- The Thomas Paynter Story
- Rugby League’s Inner Circle
- The End of Season Drinks That Weren’t So Cordial
- Education by Experience
- Political Ambition
- Politics, Business and Two Different Visions of Panthers
Commentary & Contributions
Additional perspectives, recollections and supporting material contributed by individuals connected with Panthers and the events described in the manuscript.
Relevant articles within The Series include links to these pages where appropriate.
- How Penrith P. Panther Was Born — the story of the long-serving and beloved Panthers mascot. Contribution by Phil Morehead.
Contribute Material
This project seeks to preserve and document the history of Panthers and the people connected with it.
If you hold photographs, documents, memorabilia, recollections or other material relevant to the events described in the manuscript, contributions are welcome.
Please contact us at: admin@pantherspassionpolitics.com
Panthers, Passion & Politics - The Roger Cowan Years 