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Eggbert Nobacon 1:40 Tue Sep 29
from the OS - Bonds thrilled to be back at the Boleyn

Bonds thrilled to be back at the Boleyn

Bonds thrilled to be back at the Boleyn

West Ham legend Billy Bonds is backing Slaven Bilic to have a successful final season at the Boleyn Ground and sees no reason why the team cannot secure a top half finish.

Bonds was back at the Boleyn Ground once again on Saturday to see the 2-2 draw with Norwich and has been impressed with the Club's start to the season.

Victories over Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City have helped the Hammers move up to third in the table and the arrival of players such as Dimitri Payet, Victor Moses and Manuel Lanzini have helped transform the team over the summer.

Bonds, who made an incredible 799 appearances for the Club during a memorable 21-year playing spell is confident the good run of form can continue and hopes to see the Club pushing for a place in the top ten.

Bonds said: “It has been a great start for the Club and most of the signings have worked.

“Moses looked fantastic against Newcastle and we have been playing on the break away from home which has suited our style.

“We have got a lot of pace upfront and it is a great start. We have won at Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City and the way we have been playing it has been a great start to the season.

“Everybody at the start of the season would have said our main aim is to make sure we stay in the Premier League, but with the start we have had you would be disappointed if we didn't finish in the top half of the table and that is achievable now with the players we have got.”

Bonds always receives a hero's welcome on his return to the Club and says he will be full of emotions as the Club prepare to play their final ever game at the Boleyn Ground against Swansea on May 7.

Bonds added: “I have got great memories of the place. I can still see Bobby Moore with his hands on hips taking a breather around the 18-year box and Keith Robson scoring that goal against Eintracht Frankfurt and that was a fabulous night.

“I have such great memories. When I first arrived at the Club I was like a scared rabbit.

“I had been at Charlton and then to come to West Ham where they had three World Cup winners was fantastic and you could only get better as a player coming to a Club like this.

“I played under great managers like Ron Greenwood and John Lyall and they were great coaches.

“I played with so many great players like Devonshire and Brooking, Lampard, Hurst, Peters and Moore. I will probably get in trouble for not naming some of the other players!!

“There were so many great players and I had some great times there. The fans were absolutely fantastic and they want people to put in a shift and if they do that, they will get behind you.

“It has always been a great place to work for all the time I did and I hope that continues this season. The crowd deserve and it will be nice to see the Club push on.”

Bonds is hoping to make many more visits to the Boleyn Ground this season and reveals how his grandchildren have become major fans of the Club.

“It was nice to be back at the Boleyn Ground. I brought the grandchildren over a year ago and they liked it so much that I want to keep bringing them back and want them to become West Ham supporters.

“A lot of the people from my time have gone but there are still some people about. Jimmy Frith is a perennial around and has been magnificent for the Club down the years with the youth team and the kids who come through.

“There are some other people I know and it is nice to see they are still here.

“The West Ham fans have always been great to me. I played my first game at the Boleyn Ground against Sheffield Wednesday and we ended up losing 3-2 even though we went 2-1 up.

“But that was typical West Ham in those days, but the supporters have always been fantastic with me. Wherever I have gone and whatever I have done, I know I am among friends with them.

“The grandchildren have really taken to it and the little one even knows the tactics. The big one loves the directors lounge!! But seriously they both love it.

“I think they will be supporters in the future and will want to be West Ham fans. The kids definitely want to come back so it looks like I will be a regular back here!”

Hugh Monteith 1:50 Thu Oct 1
Re: from the OS - Billy BONDS thrilled to be back at the Boleyn

If enough of us.

Surely he is worth it

He always believed and functioned as of we were worth his best .

Now we can get his worth to us recognized by the club.

Oh Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy BONDS

Hugh Monteith 8:49 Thu Oct 1
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Life President.

Of enough of us demand and plead for this to Goldo it will be done.

Hugh Monteith 8:47 Thu Oct 1
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Name him as the new life president of the club

zico 2:23 Thu Oct 1
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An absolute legend, class on and off the pitch. It's hard to believe the Club signed him from Charlton as it always looks like he had been at West Ham for ever. Without a doubt West Ham's best ever signing.

SUM A DING WONG 12:55 Thu Oct 1
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Sven Roeder wrote...

"Would be great to see the 1980 FA Cup winners on the pitch when we play Arsenal"

As much I love the idea of lording it over the Gooners, in this instance, parading the 1980 team in front of them would look desperate and a little bit sad. It would serve as a great motivation for the cunts to turn us over...

I am though, all for the idea for as many of the 1964 ,75 & 80's FA Cup winning team's being paraded in the future. As others have pointed out,the 'Boys Of 86' stuff is all a bit embarrasing...

Stepney.Ammer 12:37 Thu Oct 1
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Absolutely love this man....he is proper, proper, West Ham.

If shut my eyes I can hear his name being sung whilst hanging on the iron works at the back of the North Bank.

Fuck, how I wish for just one more game standing on the North Bank...

Hugh Monteith 9:43 Wed Sep 30
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The one and only Billy BONDS

NHD 10:14 Wed Sep 30
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The man IS a legend.

In a superficial world where the word is banded about without a second thought, Billy Bonds can does the accolade justice.

King Billy

Eggbert Nobacon 10:06 Wed Sep 30
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called them scum I think wd40. Was the Castilla game in 1 that meant we had to play behind closed doors

It w\\as Colin Todd in a League match, very very nearly missed the Cup Final because of it

wd40 10:04 Wed Sep 30
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Can only recall one brief moment when he upset some fans when he openly had a go at some who were little naughty aboard and we had to play behind close doors
stating they were not real fans.

Next home game his warming up a fan next to me steps on the pitch goes over to him to question him over his remarks and after a minute they shake hands and the fan is then escorted away.


The bloke is a greatest player ever to put on a hammers shirt.

What player did he thump , think its against Derby or Birmingham one night in a league cup game?

neilalex 11:59 Tue Sep 29
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My favourite ever Hammer bar none. Genuinely great to see him back at the club.

Dapablo 11:56 Tue Sep 29
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Wonderful to hear the gent bringing his family back to the fold, been harsh years without him.

Wooaahhh, Billy, Billy,
Billy, Billy, Billy, Billy, Billy Bonds.

Bouncing Ludo 4:28 Tue Sep 29
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Sven Roeder wrote...

Re: from the OS - Bonds thrilled to be back at the Boleyn
Can we sit him on the bench for the last game against Swansea and bring him on for appearance number 800?


I was thinking exactly the same

LeroysBoots 3:43 Tue Sep 29
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"6ft 2, eyes of blue, Billy Bonds is after you..la la la la la la la la" !.....gret memories

Sven Roeder 3:40 Tue Sep 29
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Would be great to see the 1980 FA Cup winners on the pitch when we play Arsenal.
Was a nice touch recently with the 85/86 team and the 80 guys actually WON something.

The Joker 3:36 Tue Sep 29
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Absolutely love this man.

stewie griffin 3:21 Tue Sep 29
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Hugh Monteith 3:20 Tue Sep 29
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chim chim cha boo 3:21 Tue Sep 29
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I saw him take his seat in the front row of the upper tier on Saturday about five seats from Sir Trev from quite far away and he was just unmistakable- it's like the bloke has a huge aura around him.

Hopefully they'll give him a seat or two for life and eventually stop trying to winkle interviews out of him for the official site just like they seem to leave Trevor Brooking alone.

I know Brown and Redknapp fucked him over but it's tough to believe his grandchildren aren't already ardent Hammers- whatever water's passed under the bridge their Granddad is a true club legend after all in every sense. I mean, why take it personally? Who HAVEN'T been fucked over by Redknapp and Brown? Those two prize cunts have bent almost everyone in that stadium over at some point.

Hugh Monteith 3:20 Tue Sep 29
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Oh Billy Billy
Billy Billy Billy Billy
Billy BONDS

Johnson 3:16 Tue Sep 29
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They've sorted out their disgraceful treatment of him then?

23ad 3:13 Tue Sep 29
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Billy Bonds was prob our greatest ever player
They don't make em like him anymore

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