Bonds made a record 799 appearances for the Hammers
Took the club into Premier League as a manager
The former West Ham captain and manager Billy Bonds has died at the age of 79, the Premier League club have announced.
Bonds was the longest-serving player for the Irons, making 799 appearances across a 21-year career in which he lifted the FA Cup twice as well as winning the old Second Division.
After moving into coaching, initially with the youth team, Bonds was appointed manager in February 1990, securing promotion from Division Two and, after relegation in 1992, then taking the Upton Park club back into the top flight at the end of the first season of the Premier League era.
