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The Untold Story of the O's Best-ever Team - and the Big Freeze!

A life without football is a very strange one.

While we're living in unprecedented times, if you were a fan back in the winter of 1962-63 you'll remember what it was like to go without the sport because of the Big Freeze!

One player who went through it was Terry McDonald.

In 2006, his son Tony wrote a book about the Leyton Orient promotion team of 1961-62 and their season in the top flight the year after..

Both joined us to reminisce about that fateful season 58 years ago.

This clip was originally broadcast on Saturday 28th March 2020.

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