Billy Bonds Autographs
William Arthur Bonds MBE (17 September 1946 – 30 November 2025) was an English professional footballer and manager, who was most often associated with West Ham United with whom he spent 27 years as player and manager. He played 799 first-team games for West Ham in a career spanning 21 seasons, winning two FA Cups with them. He died peacefully on 30 November 2025 whilst sleeping.
Born in Woolwich, south-east London, Bonds grew up in nearby Eltham, where he played for a Sunday boys' team, Moatbridge, and Kent Schoolboys and joined the groundstaff at Charlton Athletic after leaving school at 15. He played in the youth and A team and occasionally in the reserves before joining the playing staff shortly before his 18th birthday in September 1964.
Bonds made his League debut for Charlton against Northampton Town in February 1965 and became a regular in the first team, going on to make 95 League appearances, scoring one goal, before being signed by Ron Greenwood for West Ham United for a fee of £50,000 in May 1967. He made his first appearance for West Ham in a testimonial match for Ken Brown in the same month and made his League debut against Sheffield Wednesday in the opening game of the 1967–68 season. He was ever-present in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons and played 124 consecutive league games until injury ended his run of appearances in October 1970.
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Traded items with a signature of Billy Bonds
The most expensive item with a signature of Billy Bonds (Billy Bonds West Ham Legend Hand Signed Leather Bound Final Boleyn Programme COA) was sold in May 2025 for $511.95 while the cheapest item (Billy Bonds - West Ham - Signed Cigarette Card - COA - (1172)) found a new owner for $4.27 in March 2023. The month with the most items sold (4) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $17.64 for an autographed item of Billy Bonds. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2025 with $511.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.89 was August 2021. In average, an autographed item from Billy Bonds is worth $19.15.
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