The team was founded by a local home appliance manufacturer in Fronki. They were promoted to the top league in 1995, won the domestic cup in 2000, and had even competed in the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup.
But in 2006, the club, on the verge of bankruptcy, was forced to merge with Lech Poznan.
It subsequently became the home ground for Lech Poznan's youth team.
The Fronki stadium was small, with a capacity of only 5,000, but it had one very distinctive feature: the stadium's south stand was the town's best hotel, the three-star Olympic Hotel.
The long journey from Dortmund to Poznan, and then on to Fronki, was a trek into unfamiliar territory.
So, the Bumblebees opted to arrive a night early and check into the Olympic Hotel.
On the day of the match, the players were forbidden from leaving the hotel.
Besides, there wasn't much to see or do in the small town of Fronki anyway.
More importantly, a large cemetery was situated just northwest of the stadium.
