1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

RIP Billy Bonds

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by Evil Jimmy Krankie, Nov 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM.

  1. Evil Jimmy Krankie

    Evil Jimmy Krankie Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2019
    Messages:
    3,521
    Likes Received:
    9,442
    Played 799 times for West Ham United.
     
    #1
    Evil Jimmy Krankie, Nov 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
    C Montgomery Burns likes this.
  2. Northumberland Rocks

    Northumberland Rocks Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2019
    Messages:
    1,152
    Likes Received:
    1,897
    Sad to hear.

    I think he captained them when they were all a little worse for wear after their cup final win, when we played them to clinch promotion in 1980.
     
    #2
    Northumberland Rocks, Nov 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
    farnboromackem, rowley, vic9 and 1 other person like this.
  3. C Montgomery Burns

    C Montgomery Burns Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 29, 2021
    Messages:
    1,828
    Likes Received:
    6,417
    By all accounts he was a sound bloke in real life and genuinely well thought of by most people.

    RIP Billy Bonds
     
    #3
    C Montgomery Burns, Nov 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
    farnboromackem, Northumberland Rocks and vic9 like this.
  4. flandersmackem

    flandersmackem Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    7,593
    Likes Received:
    22,197
    Great player, West Ham legend RIP
     
    #4
    flandersmackem, Nov 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
    farnboromackem likes this.
  5. rowley

    rowley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 1, 2019
    Messages:
    5,251
    Likes Received:
    14,943
    799 games man! Unthinkable.

    I assume that his last game was at the end of a season, but maybe 799 is special enough.

    Fell out in a very big way with Harry Envelope Redknapp I think. Must have been a good bloke!
     
    #5
    rowley, Nov 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
    farnboromackem, The Legendary Tongue, Northumberland Rocks and 2 others like this.
  6. C Montgomery Burns

    C Montgomery Burns Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 29, 2021
    Messages:
    1,828
    Likes Received:
    6,417
    I just remember seeing a news article about him from American TV (not sure which station) on BBC about him still playing at his 40th birthday, something that was considered very unusual then, that was a year or so before he retired.
     
    #6
    C Montgomery Burns, Nov 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
    farnboromackem and Northumberland Rocks like this.
  7. rowley

    rowley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 1, 2019
    Messages:
    5,251
    Likes Received:
    14,943
    Yep. Some player. My memories of him seem to be him charging around midfield on a muddy pitch with his socks half down, driving his team on, often somehow with a bloodied bandage on his head.
    No wonder he was a hero there .
     
    #7
    rowley, Nov 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
    farnboromackem, The Legendary Tongue, Northumberland Rocks and 2 others like this.
  8. rooch 3

    rooch 3 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    19,651
    Likes Received:
    29,579
    RIP Billy Bonds, brings back a lot of memories that name.
     
    #8
    rooch 3, Nov 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
    farnboromackem and Northumberland Rocks like this.

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 1, Guests: 0)

  1. Daydream Believer

Share This Page