career After Bonds retired as a player in 1988, West Ham manager John Lyall appointed him as youth coach. He unsuccessfully applied for the manager's post when Lyall left the club in July 1989 after West Ham had been relegated. However, when new manager Lou Macari resigned seven months later, Bonds was appointed manager in February 1990. In his first full season in charge, he took the club to promotion, when they finished as runner-up to Oldham Athletic in 1990-91 season, also reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup where they lost to Nottingham Forest. He was awarded a second testimonial in the same season. West Ham were relegated in the 1991–92 season in bottom place, but the board kept faith in Bonds and he led them to promotion the following season, when they finished as runner-up to Newcastle United. Bonds guided West Ham to a 13th-place finish in the 1993–94 Premier League. He resigned in August 1994, just before the new season began, when he was replaced by Harry Redknapp. He had spells in coaching at Queens Park Rangers and Reading before making a return to management with Millwall in May 1997. He managed 53 games before being sacked by the club the following year as they finished in the bottom half of Division Two. Career statistics Honours FA Cup: 1974–75, 1979–80 Football League Second Division: 1980–81 League Cup runner-up: 1980–81 FA Charity Shield runner-up: 1975, 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1975–76 References External links 1946 births Living people English footballers England under-23 international footballers Charlton Athletic F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players English football managers Premier League managers English Football League managers West Ham United F.C. managers Queens Park Rangers F.C. non-playing staff Millwall F.C. managers Members of the Order of the British Empire Footballers from Woolwich English Football League players English Football Hall of Fame inductees Association football defenders Association football coaches FA Cup Final players Reading F.C. non-playing staff West Ham United F.C. non-playing staff