Bad news? is it really? There is no more Lingland Juniors Polish Children Club! 
It has not been exclusively Polish for quite a while anyway - children from other ethnic minorities as well
as English children joined us transforming our club into a very diverse, multinational bunch of football
enthusiasts. And then -
in May 2010  Mike Caws, a manager of a local all youth English football club Townhill
Emperors came to see us with an interesting proposition: ‘We have not enough children’
Mike said ‘no prospect of sustainability,  we’ve got two options: close down the shop or
merge with another club. What about Lingland Juniors joining us?'  Merging took place
2 weeks ago.  A new football club was born, Townhill Lingland FC, an ultimate evidence
of the little migrants’ successful integration into the local community.  The unanimously
elected chair of the club is Polish. Colours of the a-way kit are going to be white & red
which are the Polish national colours. All the children are happy. English parents see the
merging as an great opportunity. Migrant parents still can’t recover from this  pleasant
surprise.  So should they stop worrying about  Britain being full when, thank God, some
people find that having them here is not too bad? 
We wish Townhill Lingland FC a very successful season!  

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S.O.S Polonia is not an exclusively Polish port-of-call for support in Southampton.
We often hear a cry of s.o.s from local authorities and organizations who, alarmed
by the sudden inflax of EU migrants, try to understand what is going on.
If you would like to talk about your work with the Polish people or if there is anything
important that you would like to communicate to us - any message / announcement/ notice
/ publication -  please let us know and we place it on the notice board in our centre or on
the Polish part of this website.