On field
Joined Comrades AFC Inc in 1948 as a team supporter of Senior team player/husband Davie Laird and eventually elected onto Junior Committee

Off field
Junior Committee Secretary for both founding clubs Comrades AFC Inc and Grey Lynn Comrades AFC Inc and then finally the Grey Lynn Club Inc over 10 years to 1958
Senior Committee Secretary for Grey Lynn AFC Inc for 15 years from 1959 until 1973
Lena Laird who has reached the grand age of 88 still takes an interest in the Club and lives in retirement at Pauanui on the Coramandel peninsula with her daughter Denise

Family Connections
Husband and former Life member Davie ( deceased 1998 ) joined Comrades in 1930 as a Junior player and played through the grades up to the Senior team for Comrades until 1952
Davie was also the Senior Coach and the Club Captain ( for 15 years ) and on the Senior Committee for all the founding clubs including Comrades AFC Inc Grey Lynn Comrades Inc and finally Grey Lynn AFC Inc
Davie was also an official AJFA referee
Grandchildren play soccer in Te Kuiti