Claret and blue, through and through: Billy Bonds embodied West Ham
That he stayed after relegation in 1978 and lifted the FA Cup with the team still in Division Two typified his commitmentSome players embody a club but few have ever embodied their side more than Billy Bonds, who died on Sunday at the age of 79. He was not a one-club man but by the time he finally retired, aged 41, in 1988, he felt like one, having racked up …