In Memoriam – Keith Reeve – Club President – 29/11/1929 – 25/12/2021

by | Dec 26, 2021 | Front Page

All at Cray Wanderers are saddened to learn of the passing of Club President Keith Reeve on the evening of 25th December.  Our thoughts are with his partner Marie, son Chris and family at this sad time.
Keith was an incredible devotee of Cray Wanderers despite being born in Middlesex and the Brentford fan spent many years on the terraces at Oxford Road from the 1970’s often standing behind the goal and a huge defender of the fair spirit side of the game. He would later become hugely involved in and around the club especially the clean up exercise of Oxford Road after the weekend’s game and helped by Marie the two became a vital tandem in the running of the club.
Keith second from right as part of the Cray Wanderers clean up committee at Oxford Road pictured in 1997
From becoming a committee member he became President of the club. Quite a modest man who enjoyed being a background figure at the club he was a regular at home matches and my personal remembrance of Keith and Marie also was at the ITV London News interview at the Bull Inn in St Pauls Cray in November 2018 when his great knowledge of the club shone through.
Keith at the far end of the table during the ITV London News  interview in November 2018
Thank you Keith for all your incredible dedication and helping to shape the club fit for the future through some difficult times.

Here is the ITV London News interview from November 2018 which features Keith and Marie and other Cray Wanderers devotees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hS_0KHGtPI

Please see here some messages of remembrance from around the club.

“RIP Keith – Thoughts with Marie and all The Reeve Family – Keith was a very important part of keeping The Club going over the years and will always have a special place in CWFC history” x Gary Hillman

“Very sad news and my thoughts are with Marie and the family. He will be sorely missed at the Wands” Sam Wright

 “Very sad to see today of the passing of Keith. God bless you Keith and thank you so much for all the incredible dedication you gave to our great club over many years through lean or successful and a great president of Cray Wanderers. Rest well sir and we send our love to Marie and the Reeve family.

“Truly at Cray Wanderers the end of an era. Keith will be greatly missed. He lived his life with strong conviction about the ways of the world and he exuded much good humour in our midst at Cray Wanderers. Condolences to Marie and to all family.  from Jerry & Nancy Dowlen”

“I’m very sorry to hear this. Keith has been such a positive part of my experience of supporting Cray Wanderers ever since the 1970s and his work for the club over the decades has been immense. Thoughts and prayers with Marie, Chris and the family at this time”. Pete Goringe

“Very sad news indeed. Keith was always a delight to chat to and as others have said his efforts on behalf of Cray Wanderers can never be underestimated. From one Brentford fan to another R.I.P. Keith and prayers and love to Marie and the family”. Phil Babbs

“Very sad news. Our thoughts go out to the family”. Martin Hodson – “What sad news, R.I.P Keith. And Heart felt wishes to his family” – Steven Hodson

 “Very sad to see today of the passing of Keith. God bless you Keith and thank you so much for all the incredible dedication you gave to our great club over many years through lean or successful and a great president of Cray Wanderers. Rest well sir and we send our love to Marie and the Reeve family” Mark Hunt