John Smith speaks to David Simmons of the Essex-based refugee team - Changing Lives FC

THERE is nothing out of the ordinary about the venue at which I find myself on the final day of the Harlow & District Sunday League season. Three or four pitches, all occupied and frantic, stretch away from an unprepossessing leisure centre just outside of the M25.
Nor is there anything too radical about the home side, Langley Colts. The opposition, however, offers the real point of difference. Today’s visitors are Changing Lives FC, currently the nation’s only competitive refugee football team.
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