Champions succeeded after drink outside station (8)
I believe the answer is:
apostles
'champions' is the definition.
(apostle is a kind of champion)
'after drink outside station' is the wordplay.
'after' becomes 'post' (I've seen this before).
'drink' becomes 'ale' (I've seen this before).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'station' becomes 's' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'post' put inside 'ale' is 'apostle'.
'apostle'+'s'='APOSTLES'
'succeeded' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apostles that I've seen before include "Group of 12" , "Champions" , "They were sent by Christ to teach the Gospel" , "Twelve disciples chosen by Christ" , "The Twelve - or a Cambridge society" .)