Djpekingman wroteOne for Pipoldchap - John Bond - father of James, Brook and Basil, and one manager of the canaries. Gone to the big aviary in the sky.
Bit slow to respond to this one, but Bond did bring much needed flair to the team in the mid-to late-70s. He succeeded Ron Saunders (model for PRIVATE EYE's "ashen-faced, tight-lipped Ron Knee"), whose dour approach had taken us for the first time into Div. One in 1972. But by 1980 Bond's entertaining team had fallen apart and he "did a Lambert" by nipping off to Man Citeh. RIP.