Page "Polonia Warsaw" Paragraph 9

During the Stalinist period, Polonia's name and colors were changed – Warsaw's oldest club was renamed Kolejarz ( which means " Railroad worker "), as the team was now tied to the Polish National Railroad company.

The Black Shirts were banned, as the Stalinist regime was trying to erase everything which was associated with Warsaw from before the war.

Every Polish football club got a ' sponsor ', such as the army, militia or mining industry.

Unfortunately, at the time, the railroad was one of the poorest sponsors, even choosing another club, ( Lech Poznań ) as the main club they were investing in.

Polonia's management also struggled to face the problems that the club came across, which contributed to its eventual relegation to the Polish second division.