Sheila Kent - Clubs Laundry Lady of 42 years has passed away

[Jaspa]

42 years! She saw so many of our club's highs and lows, always there, an ordinary person doing all they could. I'm sure the Club will pay appropriate respects to her family.

 

Can't think of much she did wrong really. Can't blame her for the rags Jako kitted us out in to be relegated to League 1 in. That Le Coq Sportif kit we had when wed bounced back from the Championship can't be blamed on her, it was made out of single ply tissue paper!

 

RiP

[M0901]

42 years dedication is incredible! Sounded a lovely lady and it’s certainly left a void in the club. Ever so sad.

 

RIP Sheila!

Edited 25 January 2021 by M0901
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[NaijaFox]

Rest in peace

[volpeazzurro]

It's nice to be appreciated and it sounds as this lady really was. A long dedicated service to our club. RIP Sheila and thank you. 

Edited 26 January 2021 by volpeazzurro

[Carl the Llama]

RIP.  Sounds like she was a big personality, thoughts go out to her family.

[Uncle Phil]

10 hours ago, fuchsntf said:

Didnt  we have a Groundsman also named Kent...

Any relation..??

They were married for a time.
 

RIP Sheila, you’ll be missed. 
 

[1972 Fox]

RIP Sheila.

 

42 years is fantastic service to our beloved football club.

 

Not many go back far enough to have had the privilege of washing the kit for the likes of Roger Davies, Gregor Stevens and Norman Leet.

[dynamark]

Bet she had a twin tub and a mangle and those wooden tweezer things, .42 years in one job is quite extraordinary. 

[Crazy Kop Corner]

Really sad news and I'm sure knowing our great club suitable tributes will be made to her dedication to her work over the years. 

 

She always sounded a real character and kept the lads through the decades on their toes. 

[fuchsntf]

4 hours ago, Uncle Phil said:

They were married for a time.
 

RIP Sheila, you’ll be missed. 
 

42yrs..thats some service...Nice to see from the club side their was appreciation and gratitude,Sheila, would of experienced

alot of off-field job movement & Turn-around...including The Time we went into admin.....!!

The Groundsman. M. Kent, was a School College of mine.Nice balanced guy..I believe he started his career with the City Parks...

Not too sure, I believe he was also groundsman at Tigers... Then did Good stints at some of the national-stadiums...???

 

 

[Jon the Hat]

RIP Sheila, people like this are the foundation of the club.  How many players, managers, owners she saw come and go!  Incredible to think how much changed in her time at the club.

Edited 26 January 2021 by Jon the Hat

[Uncle Phil]

51 minutes ago, fuchsntf said:

42yrs..thats some service...Nice to see from the club side their was appreciation and gratitude,Sheila, would of experienced

alot of off-field job movement & Turn-around...including The Time we went into admin.....!!

The Groundsman. M. Kent, was a School College of mine.Nice balanced guy..I believe he started his career with the City Parks...

Not too sure, I believe he was also groundsman at Tigers... Then did Good stints at some of the national-stadiums...???

 

 

Yes, and the club has treated her well in recent times which was really good to see. We definitely have the best owners in football. 

 

I didn’t realise he’d been at Tigers but know he’s been at Old Trafford and Twickenham more recently. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Players, managers, owners come and go. People like Sheila, and the fans, are the football club. 

[Fox92]

People like this are unsung heroes, stick around for so long. Everything around them comes and goes. RIP.

Edited 26 January 2021 by Fox92

[Bert]

This one is for Sheila tomorrow night then lads. RIP She. 

[JJS84]

Now that is a true legend for our football club! 42 years is fantastic dedication to any job, and clearly she touched so many lives during that time. RIP Sheila

[jamfox]

RIP Sheila, Thanks for 42 years that's a lot managers and a lot of players that have come and gone #legend 

[fuchsntf]

So much Dirty washing....

But she didnt rinse anybody, by dipping into any dirty washing....

Many People in higher positions by other establishments, could of learnt alot from our Sheila.

Respect..respect..

 

Just goes to show....!!

[Footballwipe]

She features in the LCFC history DVD, I remember speaking about Jock Wallace and Garry Parker. Love that the club featured her in such a production. Those memories, those stories are unmatched are priceless. Didn't the players save her (and others) from redundancy when we went into admin in 2002?

 

The heartbeat of the club. Any organisation needs a stalwart like Sheila, especially when faces are ever changing.

[MissCloudy]

I was in tears when i got the call that she had passed she had been such a great laundry lady and an amazing aunt and great aunt to me, my little brother and my cousins she will be deeply missed

[LC/FC]

9 minutes ago, MissCloudy said:

I was in tears when i got the call that she had passed she had been such a great laundry lady and an amazing aunt and great aunt to me, my little brother and my cousins she will be deeply missed

Condolences to you, and yours and hers families.

[Raw Dykes]

1 hour ago, MissCloudy said:

I was in tears when i got the call that she had passed she had been such a great laundry lady and an amazing aunt and great aunt to me, my little brother and my cousins she will be deeply missed

So sorry for your loss.

[Scotch]

8 hours ago, MissCloudy said:

I was in tears when i got the call that she had passed she had been such a great laundry lady and an amazing aunt and great aunt to me, my little brother and my cousins she will be deeply missed

Sorry for your loss. It speaks volumes about the woman she was that so many people have so many great things to say about her. 

[Bezzanator89]

13 hours ago, MissCloudy said:

I was in tears when i got the call that she had passed she had been such a great laundry lady and an amazing aunt and great aunt to me, my little brother and my cousins she will be deeply missed

Very sorry for your loss, my condolences to you and your family. Hopefully the way Sheila is remembered at the club, by figures past and present, will offer some comfort about how much she meant to the football club. 42 years service is an amazing feat, and I'm sure that the club will commemorate her in the way that her loyalty deserved.

[Saxondale]

RIP. Every club seems to have these ever-present legends, who help to preserve the soul of the club while managers and players come and go.

 

Bet she had some stories.