"Bonds was the longest-serving player for the Irons, making 799 appearances across a 21-year career in which he lifted the FA Cup twice as well as winning the old Second Division. After moving into coaching, initially with the youth team, Bonds was appointed manager in February 1990, securing promotion from Division Two and, after relegation in 1992, then taking the Upton Park club back into the top flight at the start of the Premier League era."
"An extremely private and loyal man, Billy was completely devoted to his family wife Marilyn, who sadly passed away in 2020, daughters Claire and Katie, and granddaughters Eloise and Elissa, a statement on the West Ham website read. Never one to crave the limelight, he was universally loved, respected and admired by his teammates, players and supporters, who will forever consider themselves Billy Bonds' Claret and Blue Army'."
Billy Bonds has died at the age of 79. He made 799 appearances for West Ham across a 21-year playing career, winning the FA Cup in 1975 and 1980 and the old Second Division. Bonds moved into coaching and was appointed West Ham manager in February 1990, securing promotion and later returning the club to the top flight at the start of the Premier League era. The east stand at London Stadium was renamed the Billy Bonds Stand in 2019 and he was later voted the club's greatest player. Family and supporters mourn a devoted, private and universally respected figure.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]