Crazy Gang 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 and still later Joe Kinnear). Their general approach to the game was often derided by others in the sport as unprofessional
The Crazy Gang in for Bud Flanagan when he took time off for contractual reasons. They were asked to do many Royal Command performances – their last was in 1961 – and they also did private performances for the royal family. Although they were most popular in Britain and the Commonwealth, they still have their fans in America. Perhaps the best remembered of their gags is when an attractive girl in a grass skirt is followed across stage by Bud Flanagan wheeling a lawnmower. Note: The story and music of the Crazy Gang were featured in the 1981 musical "Underneath the Arches", first