Spartak 78 is a friendly, youth football club which is based in Saffron Walden in Essex. It was set up in 1978 and Spartak have prided themselves on low-cost, good quality football. Spartak runs teams from the under 7s to under 16s and currently has 11 youth teams with 300+ boys and girls playing regular football and also runs a seniors team. The club has teams competing in the Cambs Mini Football league (u8-u11) and also in the Cambs Colts league (u12-u16). The main object of the club is to give the youth of Saffron Walden and surrounding area access to the support of football and hopefully develop the children into good footballers, young men and women. Spartak 78 have had players who have gone on to play for such teams as Cambridge United, West Ham, Charlton, Ipswich Town, Norwich City and were picked to represent Essex on a tour of Denmark and we also have players at county level.

All our managers hold a certification in football, which is the FA level 1, and have been passed through a CRB check. They all hold a child protection certificate and are first aid trained. Behind the scenes there is a team which deals with any day-to-day running of the club and they are there if for example a pitch needs marking out or a team needs refereeing. One person of this team is the Child Protection Officer and you can find out more about her on the Child Protection page.

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