Non-League Paper

BLOODING NEW COMMUNITY TIES

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 January 2020

Matt BADCOCK

HUB OF THE COMMUNITY: Saffron Walden Town’s picturesque Catons Lane ground with St Mary’s Church in the background

THE OLDEST club in Essex, reads the sign above the tur nstile at Saffron Walden Town’s Catons Lane home.
There have certainly been some ups and downs since their formation in 1872.
From being forced to withdraw from the FA Cup in 1867 because they couldn’t afford to travel to face Wanderers, to their cur rent position among the frontrunners of the Essex Senior League Premier Division’s title race under boss Jason Maher.
But it&rsquo...

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