This page provides a complete chronological list of all published parts of Panthers, Passion & Politics — The Roger Cowan Years. Entries appear in narrative sequence and correspond to sections of the original manuscript. The chapter headings in the list below are directly from the publication.
For structural context, readers may wish to consult the Reader’s Guide.
Currently published: Parts 0 – 48
Total planned: Approximately 70 parts
Foreword
Part 0 — Foreword by Roger Cowan
Chapter 1 — Introduction
Part 1 — The Rise of Panthers: Success, Excitement and Conflict
Part 2 — On Myths: The Author’s Perspective
Part 3 — An Industry Insight
Chapter 2 — From Small Beginnings — Rugby Leagues Takes Off in Penrith
Part 4 — From Small Beginnings — Rugby League Takes Off in Penrith
Chapter 3 — Roger Cowan
Chapter 4 — Insolvency to First Division in One Year
Part 6 — The Bungool Picnic and Unpaid Players
Part 7 — The Bid for First Division
Part 8 — Divided Control: The Club and Football
Chapter 5 — Building the Basics — Business Principles and Property
Part 9 — Eliminiating Scams with Innovation and Systems
Part 10 — The Walls Come Down
Part 11 — Entertainment, Experience and Prestige
Part 12 — The Cow Paddock Purchase
Part 13 — Building the Future: A Block at a Time
Part 14 — Maintaining Momentum — Beyond the Clubhouse
Chapter 6 — Building a Culture — by Accident and Design
Part 15 — Culture — Pivotal to this Story … and the Club
Part 16 — The Think Tank Culture
Chapter 7 — The 16 Year Struggle to Streamline Rugby League
Part 17 — Innovations Stumble Over Prejudice
Part 18 — A Solution Kept Quiet
Part 19 — A Solution — Of Sorts
Part 20 — Charlie Gibson and the Culture Clash
Part 21 — The Right Structure. Finally!
Chapter 8 — A Taste of Injustice
Part 22 — An Investigation Starts
Part 23 — The First Shot at Phyro
Part 24 — Negotiating a Good Deal Becomes the Act of a Criminal
Part 25 — Gotcha!
Chapter 9 — An Urgent Need for Research and Change
Part 26 — Evolution Then Revolution … And Repeat.
Part 27 — From Left Field
Part 28 — The System is the Solution
Chapter 10 — A Narrow Escape from Football Oblivion
Part 29 — Joining Super League
Part 30 — The Criteria
Part 31 — Preparing for the Worst
Part 32 — Outlining the Risk for the Board
Part 33 — A Good Story Trumps Truth
Part 34 — An Information Night — Weaponised
Part 35 — The Cost of a Good Story
Chapter 11 — A Strange Response to a Lifeline
Part 36 — A Lifeline Rejected
Part 37 — The Myth of the Footy Five
Chapter 12 — The Anti-Football Myth
Part 38 — The Foundations of Myth
Part 39 — The Not-Enough-Money-For-Football Myth
Part 40 — Anti-Football — Joke or Paradox
Part 41 — A Return to Two CEOS
Part 42 — Making Hard Decisions — Anti-Rugby-League?
Part 43 — Tapping the Unconsciou — Anti-Rugby-League?
Chapter 13 — Amalgamation, Not Takeover
Part 44 — Building a Framework
Part 45 — A Shaky Start, Then — On a Roll!
Part 46 — The Governance Model
Part 47 — The Political Attention
Part 48 — Unexpected Bonuses
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