Trevor Hemmings

[whiteinslough]

Class from the lot of you.

 

[7YearCritch]

A very good owner of a football club, in a time when they’re few and far between.

and yet the happy inflatable clappers quite often wanted rid of him. Never quite appreciated what they had. RIP

 

[Macseasider]

RIP Trevor Hemmings

 

[Newholland]

Not just a loss for PNE but also for wider football and this area. RIP sir

 

[Mexboroseasider]

RIP

 

[razorwire]

RIP Trevor. I've only ever heard good things about the guy, one of the rare breed of decent football club owners.

 

[Ruperthoop]

RIP Trevor.

 

[585 = never give up]

I've just listened to some of the testaments to Trevor on Radio Lancs - what a kind, generous, modest man he was. He's a huge loss to the footballing world, PNE and the charities in Lancashire. His family must be immensely proud of his legacy.

 

[Archibald Knox]

I think a few of the PNE fans might have resented him for “forcing” them to sell their shares to him at 1p each (IIRC) when he made his takeover. Retrospectively, they consider he used emotional blackmail. Which many regarded as being for the greater good.

Whatever philanthropic donations he made and causes that he heavily supported for which he has been rightly eulogised, there is no doubt he was fairly hard-nosed when it came to business, and that is not a slight on his character. How else does one become a billionaire? He did play fairly for a club owner though, compared to others we know of.

 

[Norfolk White]

There are a lot of things more important than football and raeding about how much TH helped others he also recognised this. Reading the posts on here, which are appreciated by all on the PNE-Online MB, show what a great person he was and how much his life has affected others. Who would have believed it, but he has even got rival fans joining in together and bringing us closer together and I'm sure that TH would have been really pleased with this.

No matter what I may have said in the past but you lot aren't a bad bunch really and your posts are much appreciated by myself and many others

 

[Eventhepenguins]

There are a lot of things more important than football and raeding about how much TH helped others he also recognised this. Reading the posts on here, which are appreciated by all on the PNE-Online MB, show what a great person he was and how much his life has affected others. Who would have believed it, but he has even got rival fans joining in together and bringing us closer together and I'm sure that TH would have been really pleased with this.

No matter what I may have said in the past but you lot aren't a bad bunch really and your posts are much appreciated by myself and many others

Thanks Norfolk, I second all that wholeheartedly

 

[Martonmosser]

There are a lot of things more important than football and raeding about how much TH helped others he also recognised this. Reading the posts on here, which are appreciated by all on the PNE-Online MB, show what a great person he was and how much his life has affected others. Who would have believed it, but he has even got rival fans joining in together and bringing us closer together and I'm sure that TH would have been really pleased with this.

No matter what I may have said in the past but you lot aren't a bad bunch really and your posts are much appreciated by myself and many others

Goes both ways……. You lot weren’t too bad either when Sir Jimmy died

 

[Wizaard]

There are a lot of things more important than football and raeding about how much TH helped others he also recognised this. Reading the posts on here, which are appreciated by all on the PNE-Online MB, show what a great person he was and how much his life has affected others. Who would have believed it, but he has even got rival fans joining in together and bringing us closer together and I'm sure that TH would have been really pleased with this.

No matter what I may have said in the past but you lot aren't a bad bunch really and your posts are much appreciated by myself and many others

I'd post my condolences on PNE online but I'd be banned 'for being a Lasher ' like everyone else.

Again.

 

[dodgy_surname]

I'd post my condolences on PNE online but I'd be banned 'for being a Lasher ' like everyone else.

Again.

I’m sure Giro will be happy to do it for you

 

[585 = never give up]

The sad passing of Trevor has united Pool & PNE fans; he'll be smiling at this and probably saying that it's like the truce on Christmas day in the trenches .... then in 11 days, let battle commence

 

[fcblackpool]

I'm sure his passing will be suitably respected when the teams meet and where I expect the class of both sets of fans will shine through. I hope that gets noticed in the media.

RIP.

 

[Hevster]

As a Leyland lad my folks knew Trevor a little and he was a very decent chap. A man who did a heck of a lot for deserving causes and supported his local club to a huge extent. He deserves all the plaudits he is getting. Well respected from here, RIP

 

[TommyHutch]

I’ll be wearing my flat cap on 23rd as a mark of respect.

 

[Norfolk White]

I'm sure his passing will be suitably respected when the teams meet and where I expect the class of both sets of fans will shine through. I hope that gets noticed in the media.

RIP.

100% Agree

 

[BFC_Aspie]

There are a lot of things more important than football and raeding about how much TH helped others he also recognised this. Reading the posts on here, which are appreciated by all on the PNE-Online MB, show what a great person he was and how much his life has affected others. Who would have believed it, but he has even got rival fans joining in together and bringing us closer together and I'm sure that TH would have been really pleased with this.

No matter what I may have said in the past but you lot aren't a bad bunch really and your posts are much appreciated by myself and many others

The majority of football fans are respectful when someone dies, even if a legend for a rival, I remember that a lot of pool fans sent condolences when Sir Tom Finney passed too

 

[FY16JJ]

I’ll be wearing my flat cap on 23rd as a mark of respect.

I might ride in to the ground on my horse (and yes we do own a horse!)

 

[Toastrack]

A couple of snippets from his Times obituary.
I don't think his RPH donation has been mentioned on here, but then his charitable work wasn't done for publicity...

For all his high-profile businesses, Hemmings was an enigma. “Trevor is not driven by the kind of ego that needs to be satisfied by seeing himself in the papers,” one associate said. “There is a perceived strength in not being available. He is far from ostentatious. He could be having a pie and a pint in a pub and you wouldn’t know who he was.”

His philanthropic work was similarly low-key, and included funding a £300,000 centre for victims of rape and sexual assault at the Royal Preston Hospital in 2002. He was also vice-president of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers (now the Carers Trust).

 

[Norfolk White]

The club have put this up on Twitter, hope you don't mind me posting it on here, if you do please delete:



Preston North End FC

@pnefc

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙨 Join us at Deepdale this weekend to celebrate the life of Mr Trevor Hemmings CVO. All tickets are now priced at £5 with all gate receipts being donated to charities supported by Mr Hemmings. Full details https://pnefc.net/news/2021/october/thank-you-boss/…

 

[Tangerinenick]

Quality bloke and will be sadly missed. RIP Trevor

 

[We8PNE]

The club have put this up on Twitter, hope you don't mind me posting it on here, if you do please delete:



Preston North End FC

@pnefc

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙨 Join us at Deepdale this weekend to celebrate the life of Mr Trevor Hemmings CVO. All tickets are now priced at £5 with all gate receipts being donated to charities supported by Mr Hemmings. Full details https://pnefc.net/news/2021/october/thank-you-boss/…

Credit where credits due. This is an excellent gesture by your club.

 

[Newholland]

I'd post my condolences on PNE online but I'd be banned 'for being a Lasher ' like everyone else.

Again.

Registered myself, same username, mods made comments about being Blackpool and behaving, just banter . Reading their thread on this thread they are very appreciative. Mutual respect just as it should be

 

[Newholland]

There are a lot of things more important than football and raeding about how much TH helped others he also recognised this. Reading the posts on here, which are appreciated by all on the PNE-Online MB, show what a great person he was and how much his life has affected others. Who would have believed it, but he has even got rival fans joining in together and bringing us closer together and I'm sure that TH would have been really pleased with this.

No matter what I may have said in the past but you lot aren't a bad bunch really and your posts are much appreciated by myself and many others

Hope Deepdale is packed Saturday, it will be an emotional but heartwarming day I’m sure.

 

[585 = never give up]

Hope Deepdale is packed Saturday, it will be an emotional but heartwarming day I’m sure.

A fantastic gesture by PNE - well done.
I too hope the ground is packed and I'm sure the supporters will give Trevor the send off he deserves.
I won't take things too far though - I hope the game is a draw, as that's the best result for us

 

[JJpool]

Seemed like a decent chap.

Looks to have had a good innings.

Shame he didn't get to witness the derby.

 

[PETER SPRUCE 1]

Seemed like a decent chap.

Looks to have had a good innings.

Shame he didn't get to witness the derby.

My thoughts too could have seen Mr Sadler & Mr Hemmings both sat together on the balcony enjoying what I am sure will be a cracking football match (sad as it is his passing could fire up both sets of players & fans ) let's hope for a cracking atmosphere ,and maybe lots of applause at the end of the game towards both sets players and fans ,would love to see fans shaking hands at the end ,no that really would be special.