Lawrie McMenemy Bangs Drum For SOL On BBC Radio 2
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As
part of the interest generated from the 200 day countdown event, former
FA Cup-winning football manager and SOGB chairman Lawrie McMenemy was
interviewed by broadcasting icon Chris Evans on his primetime evening
show on BBC Radio 2.
He explained to Evans on
air the background of the Special Olympics movement, praised the
Leicester council's work organising the upcoming Games and seized the
opportunity to raise awareness of the National Summer Games in
Leicester this July, on a show listened to by millions.