Crazy Gang Gang, although the club's first ever full-time apprentice Wally Downes is normally cited as the founder, being an inveterate practical joker. Crazy Gang The Crazy Gang is a nickname used by the English media to describe Wimbledon F.C. during the 1980s and 90s. The name, originally that of a well known group of British comedy entertainers popular in the late 1930s, was used because of the often cheeky and boisterously macho behaviour of Wimbledon's players, who were in the habit of playing frequent and outrageous practical jokes on each other and on the club's manager Dave Bassett (later Bobby Gould
Crazy Gang (comics) (June–July 1982), and "Daredevils" #1 (January 1983). The Crazy Gang of mainstream Marvel Earth (Earth-616) first appeared in Marvel UK's "The Mighty World of Marvel" #10 (March 1984), by Alan Moore and Alan Davis. They subsequently appear in "Captain Britain Comics" #1-3 (January–March 1985). The Crazy Gang first appeared in American comics in "Excalibur" #4 (January 1989), by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis. They subsequently appear in #52 (July 1992), #54 (September 1992), #57-58 (November–December 1992), and #124-125 (September–October 1998). The Crazy Gang received an entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89" #2. Captain Britain was