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| - The Cloggies were undisputed champions of their ‘sport’, usually inflicting grave injuries before repairing to the nearest pub. Their capacity for beer was legendary; their home venue, the Clog & Bells, Blagdon, where Doris the barmaid was always in a welcoming mood. There were also unorthodox activities involving the use of ferrets. The series lampooned current sports culture and introduced an entire sub-culture of dance leagues, a governing body for the sport (characterised as officious, clumsy, bureaucratic, out-of-touch and based on the Football Association), an idiosyncratic cast of sociopaths and a yearning for earlier, gentler days of greater respect (such as the famous Policeman on a White Bicycle). As a reflection of the officious nature of league officials and umpires (who always had it in for the lads) the scoring system was deeply arcane and complex, with final scores such as 124.863 to 9214⁄37 being recorded. The team consisted of:
* Stan Postlethwaite (captain), later ennobled as Lord Stan of Blagdon
* Albert Postlethwaite (second boot, with his false teeth)
* Neville (third boot; trilby and glasses) (or Wilfrid, trilby, glasses and moustache)
* Arnold (fourth boot)
* Ted (fifth boot, with the grey socks)
* Wally (sixth boot, later deceased, replaced by Norman).
* Norman (bearded). Other unsavoury local residents included Reginald ('Reg') Thrumper, the "Blagdon Amateur Rapist" and the unnamed 'Blagdon Groper and Nuisance'.
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