Saffron Walden Town F.C. Saffron Walden Town F.C. Saffron Walden Town F.C. is an English football club based in Saffron Walden, Essex. The club are currently members of the and play at Catons Lane. The club was established as Saffron Walden in 1872 and are the oldest senior football club in Essex. They entered the FA Cup in 1876–77, but withdrew after being drawn against holders Wanderers as they could not afford to travel. Two years later they made their first appearance, losing 5–0 to Upton Park in the first round. In 1882 the club were founder members of the Essex County Football Association.
Saffron (color) Saffron (color) Saffron is an orange color, resembling the color of the tip of the saffron crocus thread, from which the spice saffron is derived. The first recorded use of "saffron" as a color name in English was in 1200. It is considered as the most important colour in Hinduism, in which it is known as Bhagwa. The color has some significance in Buddhism; it is worn by the monks of the Theravada tradition. It is also an important symbolic color in India, where it was chosen in 1947 as one of the three colors of the Indian flag after