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THE CRAZY GANG SPIRIT IS BACK!

Wally’s ways rub off on Will & co

By Charlie Bennett

DETERMINED: AFC Wimbledon’s Will Nightingale holds off ex-Don Lyle Taylor and, inset, manager Wally Downes
PICTURES: PA Images

THE Crazy Gang were renowned for catching the unaware off-guard – and Will Nightingale is using that old spirit to plot the ultimate prank on AFC Wimbledon’s relegation rivals.
Seemingly dead and buried at the turn of the year, the Dons, second-bottom at the time, turned to Wally Downes – often cited as the godfather of that infamous Wimbledon side of the 80s and 90s –...

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