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.

The 1990s, what a time to be an Evertonian! Brushes with relegation, financial ups and downs, a club drifting without purpose; it was a decade that saw Everton fall off the pace, abandoning the club's long-held position as a member of English football's elite. Highs, Lows & Bakayokos explores this trans-formative time for one of the game's oldest and grandest clubs. It searches for the causes of Everton's troubles, looking for reasons why peers raced away, grasping the opportunities presented by the dawning of the Sky-era. But it seeks to redefine this often maligned decade too. Memorable games, silverware and moments of unadulterated elation; the 1990s was a time of emotional intensity, an era that moved fans in ways that have been all-too-absent at Goodison Park during the stable years of the past decade.