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Billy Bonds (Page 5 -RIP)

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  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,229
    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: 342
    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: 5,766
    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: 11,110
    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: 29,121
    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: 1,348
    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: 52,287
    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: 21,106
    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: 12,044
    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: 9,780
    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: 26,379
    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: 1,348
    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
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,816

    Period of applause

    The club were saddened to hear of the passing this week of former players Billy Bonds MBE and Marvin Hinton. A period of applause will take place ahead of Saturday’s game for the duo.

    Bonds, who came through Charlton’s youth team, went on to play 95 game for the Addicks between 1964 and 1967 before moving to West Ham United for whom he played more than 600 games.

    Hinton also began his career at Charlton, representing the Addicks 145 times between 1957 and 1963.

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/information-fans-attending-portsmouth-match
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,838
    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.
    Me too. 

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