West Ham stated it was with “deep disappointment and the heaviest of hearts” that their “legendary participant, coach and supervisor” had handed away peacefully on Sunday morning.
The membership added: “A interval of appreciation to honour Billy can be held earlier than kick-off at at the moment’s Premier League dwelling fixture v Liverpool, and a full tribute will happen at our subsequent dwelling fixture in opposition to Aston Villa, on Sunday, 14 December.
“Additional tributes can even seem throughout membership channels within the coming days.
“Relaxation in peace Billy, our brave, inspirational, lion-hearted chief.”
Bonds joined West Ham from Charlton Athletic for £47,000 in Might 1967 and, together with the FA Cup successes, he additionally gained the previous second division title with the membership.
He was awarded an MBE for providers to soccer in 1988 earlier than occurring to take over as Hammers supervisor in 1990.
Bonds twice gained promotion into English soccer’s prime division and left West Ham in 1994 “after 27 years of impeccable service”.
He was given the membership’s first ever lifetime achievement award in 2013 and, 5 years later, the Hammers followers voted him their biggest ever participant.
In 2019, Bonds had a stand at West Ham’s London Stadium dwelling named after him as he joined fellow membership greats Bobby Moore and Sir Trevor Brooking in being recognised on this method.
“It is a terrific honour and means a lot to me and my household,” he stated on the time.
“To assume that I’m solely the third West Ham participant to obtain this honour after Bobby Moore and Trevor Brooking – you possibly can’t get higher than that.”
