{"product_id":"skill-and-crossbones-the-125-year-history-of-the-pirates-football-club-dunedin-by-winston-cooper-mark-fowler","title":"Skill and Crossbones the 125 year history of the Pirates Football Club Dunedin by Winston Cooper, Mark Fowler.","description":"\u003cp\u003eSkill and Crossbones the 125 year history of the Pirates Football Club Dunedin by Winston Cooper, Mark Fowler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Full-Back Pubs, 2007.\u003cbr\u003eSCARCE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good softback, a little corner creasing, minor marks, no inscriptions.\u003cbr\u003e310 pages, illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is fitting Winston Cooper should write the 125-year history of the Pirates Rugby Football Club because he has always been a loyal club man.\u003cbr\u003eThis loyalty was demonstrated in 1957 when he was a pupil at Otago Boys High School and was seen by rector Ted Aim playing rugby for Pirates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCooper played for Pirates junior teams over the next four years and had reached second grade (the second club team at that time) when he joined the army in 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I worked full-time on the book when I retired\" Cooper said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark Fowler assisted him with the Pirates project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCooper has read most of the sports club histories in New Zealand and believes the Pirates history is one of the the most comprehensive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a detailed chapter on the glory years from 1946 to 1952, when Pirates won three premier banners and produced All Blacks Ray Dalton, Kevin Skinner and Ray Bell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother chapter features club guru Charlie Saxton, who played for the All Blacks, captained the Kiwi team after World War 2, coached Otago with Vic Cavanagh and was president and a life member of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514306433271,"sku":null,"price":183.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_5011_2353a6e9-8da2-496b-917c-f406e3d4e34f.jpg?v=1771898590","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-cn\/products\/skill-and-crossbones-the-125-year-history-of-the-pirates-football-club-dunedin-by-winston-cooper-mark-fowler","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}