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Billy Bonds (Page 5 -RIP)

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  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,210
    RIP Billy, lots of people are not aware of his connection with us, Saw him once at the Valley on the East terrace in a midweek  match in the late 70;s My mate asked him for his autograph and said not today mate.
  • Billericaydickie
    Billericaydickie Posts: 341
    Just after he was sold to West Ham, he was living in a semi detached house on the corner of Lavidge Road and Birbbets Road in Mottingham

    I was his paperboy. 
    But he was a tight bastard, because I never once got a Christmas tip from him!.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,742
    InspectorSands said:
    Obituary in The Times: https://archive.is/EZkHb

    "Whether his hair was a short back and sides in the late Sixties, mutton chops in the Seventies or a mullet in the Eighties, Bonds’s socks would always be round his ankles and his shins would resemble a woodchopper’s block."
    That was a good read it captured the essence of Billy - thanks for posting.
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,104
    edited December 2
    I went to to the same junior school as Bonds, many years after him I might add, Middle Park Primary. Legend has it that they kept one of his school team shirts once he started playing for Charlton.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,973
    DA9 said:
    I went to to the same junior school as Bonds, many years after him I might add, Middle Park Primary. Legend has it that they kept one of his school team shirts once he started playing for Charlton.
    I’ll ask, Mrs GA is a governor there.
  • KingKinsella
    KingKinsella Posts: 1,342
    Billy Bonds was the first player I could name in the early games I attended at the old style Valley. Standing with my feet between the railings shelling/eating roasted peanuts he would race down the touchline with impressive athleticism.He set the standard for me was a right back and I'm struggling to think of any other right backs that came close to his (very high) standard. RIP Billy
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,176
    KingKinsella said:
    Billy Bonds was the first player I could name in the early games I attended at the old style Valley. Standing with my feet between the railings shelling/eating roasted peanuts he would race down the touchline with impressive athleticism.He set the standard for me was a right back and I'm struggling to think of any other right backs that came close to his (very high) standard. RIP Billy
    John Humphrey
    Danny Mills
    Luke Young
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,034
    Covered End said:
    KingKinsella said:
    Billy Bonds was the first player I could name in the early games I attended at the old style Valley. Standing with my feet between the railings shelling/eating roasted peanuts he would race down the touchline with impressive athleticism.He set the standard for me was a right back and I'm struggling to think of any other right backs that came close to his (very high) standard. RIP Billy
    John Humphrey
    Danny Mills
    Luke Young

    I would add Bob Curtis.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,981
    I was shocked and saddened when I saw that Billy had died. A true South London boy who loved Charlton but found his fame at West Ham. He’s a real legend for them. They did a poignant memorial to him at their game last weekend. What a player and character he was. Used to go to Eltham Green. 
    RIP Billy. 
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,771
    DA9 said:
    I went to to the same junior school as Bonds, many years after him I might add, Middle Park Primary. Legend has it that they kept one of his school team shirts once he started playing for Charlton.
    My mum was a dinner lady and subsequently school secretary there for many years.

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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,250
    InspectorSands said:
    Obituary in The Times: https://archive.is/EZkHb

    "Whether his hair was a short back and sides in the late Sixties, mutton chops in the Seventies or a mullet in the Eighties, Bonds’s socks would always be round his ankles and his shins would resemble a woodchopper’s block."
    That is a fantastic read. 
  • KingKinsella
    KingKinsella Posts: 1,342
    bobmunro said:
    Covered End said:
    KingKinsella said:
    Billy Bonds was the first player I could name in the early games I attended at the old style Valley. Standing with my feet between the railings shelling/eating roasted peanuts he would race down the touchline with impressive athleticism.He set the standard for me was a right back and I'm struggling to think of any other right backs that came close to his (very high) standard. RIP Billy
    John Humphrey
    Danny Mills
    Luke Young

    I would add Bob Curtis.
    Yeah I nearly added Bob Curtis in brackets - as for the others they were good

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