Crazy Gang this behaviour since the early 1980s, the nickname did not really become widespread in use, beyond the players of the club themselves, until 1988 when, against all expectations, Wimbledon won the FA Cup by beating favourites and league champions Liverpool FC 1-0, with goalkeeper Dave Beasant saving a penalty. At the final whistle, BBC TV commentator John Motson said the line: "The Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club!" The name then caught on nationally, began to appear frequently in newspaper reports, and was often used in TV and radio coverage of the club. Wimbledon also finished seventh in the
Eddie & the Gang with No Name by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 19 May 2005 through Hodder Children's Books. Random House decided not to publish the book in America due to the drug-related content in this instalment of the series. Eddies loses his newborn half-brother and enlists his gang with no name to help him find him. In doing so Eddie discovers that a gang named "The Seagulls", which is the nickname for a large number of immigrants fleeing a natural disaster, are distributing a highly addictive drug called Crush. Eddie and his gang try to stop them whilst finding his lost brother in