The growing interest in sport in the country in the 1920s had a major impact on the international success of Astra athletes, especially Olympic gold medals of Halina Konopacka and Janusz Kusociński.

The coaches and the youth were trained, although the latter initially were not allowed to join the club at first, and later overturned under condition of parental consent.

Organizational weakness stemmed from the managerial changes, which occurred eight times during the first 10 years of existence, among the CEOs and board of directors.

Despite the presence of mayors, officials and traders in the management, the club suffered severe financial shortages all the time.

Funds for the purchase of equipment and uniforms were raised by organizing games, theatre performances, concerts, trips to Poznań for international matches.

In the tragic years of World War II, many activists and players of the club sacrificed their lives: Tadeusz Fenrych (mayor), Franciszek Dominiczak, Franciszek Hechmann, Zdzisław Klemczak, Antoni Piaczyński, Marian Drożdżyński, Stefan Kurzawski, Walerian Michalak, Wojciech Nowak, Marian Ryba, Ryszard Zeller.

In the last decade the football team played in the third tier between 1996 and 2002, which was made possible by the substantial support of the Mechanical Equipment Factory and several other local entrepreneurs.

The team consisted of many famous players: Adam Grad, Tomasz Szajkowski, Arkadiusz Żaglewski, Piotr Kasprzyk and Remigiusz Wojtczak, a few joined the ranks of other higher league clubs: Dariusz Reyer, Krzysztof Gościniak, Ryszard Tomczak.

The difficult financial situation resulted in the football team's relegation to the fourth league, in which Astra languished, despite chances of promotion, but in a decisive play-off match Mieszko Gniezno proved to be better.