Highs; Lows and Bakayokos by Jim Keoghan

Highs; Lows and Bakayokos by Jim Keoghan

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Highs, Lows and Bakayokos tells the story of Everton in the 1990s; the successes and failures, the agony and the ecstasy, the good times and the Mike Walker times. It's the tale of how one of English football's greatest clubs lost its way and how the nature of being an Evertonian changed forever.

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Highs; Lows and Bakayokos by Jim Keoghan

The 1990s, what a time to be an Evertonian! After a decade of success in the 1980s which saw cup and league wins, the 1990s brought brushes with relegation, financial ups and downs, a club drifting without purpose; it was a decade that saw Everton fall irrevocably off the pace, abandoning a long-held position as a member of English football's elite. There were still some games which won't fade from the memory, silverware and moments of unadulterated elation. Highs, Lows and Bakayokos explores a period of transformation for one of the game's oldest and grandest clubs; evaluates the causes of Everton's troubles; examines why peers raced away, grasping the opportunities presented by the new Premier League era; and ultimately sets out to rescue and redefine an unfairly maligned decade and its emotional intensity and capacity to thrill that has perhaps been all-too-absent for Evertonians in the recent era of stability.
Jim Keoghan is a long-suffering Evertonian and author of Punk Football, which tells the story of the rise of fan activism and ownership in the English game. He's been a committed Blue since the age of five, and is currently trying his best to sell his own children the idea that following Everton, with the agony, frustration and disappointment this entails, makes any sense whatsoever.
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ISBN 13 9781785311895
ISBN 10 1785311891
Title Highs; Lows and Bakayokos
Author Jim Keoghan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year published 2016-08-26
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.