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died aged 79 acc to radio, good manager i thought, took us to a wembley cup final and semi final of league cup in 81, rip.

must dig out the documentary from 80/81 featuring his arrival. jesus but they were turbulent times............

Sorry to hear this. He gave us a shot in the arm at a time when we needed it, but couldn't save us from the inevitable decline that the mis-management of the club at board level dictated.

Made three of the best cheap signings in the club history, Tommy Hutch, Bobby McDonald and Gerry Gow, who helped propel a young team from bottom of the pile to Mid-Table, the FA Cup Final and the League Cup Semi-Final.

But for Tommy Hutch's brain fart, or Alf Grey, he may well have lifted a trophy for us. RIP John - very much a part of the clubs history in incredibly turbulent times.

Did a good job steadying the ship after Big Mal's crazy team destruction. RIP JB.

john bond being interviewed for city job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo_fV3h2DDI

RIP...

Sad stuff, always likes Bond, shame he got up to no good with one of the female staff (allegedly)

John Bond, former Norwich & Man City manager, dies at 79
Former Norwich and Manchester City manager John Bond has died at the age of 79.
During three years in charge at Maine Road, Bond took City to the 1981 FA Cup final, where they lost to Tottenham.
He also took Norwich to Wembley for the 1975 League Cup final but missed out on the trophy as Aston Villa beat his Canaries 1-0.
John Bond factfile
•Made 381 appearances as a player for West Ham United between 1950-1966
•Finished playing career at Torquay United
•Managed Bournemouth, Norwich City, Manchester City, Burnley, Swansea City, Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town and Witton Albion
•As a player, was a member of the West Ham side that won the 1957-58 Second Division title and the 1964 FA Cup
•Managed Norwich City to the 1975 League Cup final and Manchester City to the 1981 FA Cup final

He spent 16 years as a player at West Ham, making 444 appearances and winning the FA Cup in 1964.
Former Manchester City player Mike Summerbee has fond memories of his time playing against Bond.
"He was such a lovely man and it's a very sad day. He was a football man. He knew the game inside out," he told BBC Radio Manchester.
It was during his time at West Ham that Bond formed his management ethos.
He would join future managers Malcolm Allison, Frank O'Farrell and Dave Sexton to discuss ideas about how to win games.
After the right-back finished his career with a two-year stint at Torquay, he took his first steps into management at Bournemouth.
In November 1973 he took charge at Norwich and recovered from relegation during his first season in charge to win promotion back to the top flight a year later.
He resigned in 1980, replacing Malcolm Allison at Manchester City, and took the club to the FA Cup final during his first campaign as manager.
Bond went on to manage Burnley, Swansea, Birmingham and Shrewsbury without repeating his earlier success.
His last post as a manager was a short spell at Northern Premier League side Witton Albion in 1998.
Ken Brown, his assistant at Bournemouth and Norwich, says Bond was passionate about being a manager.
"He used to think it was his fault if the game didn't go right," he told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"It wouldn't be the players' fault. I couldn't quite get to grips with that but when I became manager I got the same feelings, you do have to take responsibility."

RIP JB

Had a look on a Burnley forum. Wrong man for the job there it seems but this was an interesting note from a poster on there:
"The mistake Burnley made was sacking him, they ran out of money and gave the job to John Benson and the next step was Div4". Sounds familiar.

Good times at City then. RIP

RIP Bondy.

Won the Cup with West Ham in 1964? Didn't know he was in that side. One of the best Cup Finals. Howard Kendall was in the Preston team they beat. R.I.P.

Sad news,RIP JB.
He brought me my only trip to Wembley, prior to our recent success, also remember him smuggling his son out of Maine Road for reasons I can't recollect now.

feedthegreek wrote:john bond being interviewed for city job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo_fV3h2DDI

really interesting documentary - John Bond was good for City and good for football. RIP

Rip Bondy.