[3] His ability as a goal-scoring right-back soon resulted in him gaining a regular place in the Hammers side, his partnership with Noel Cantwell proving particularly useful.

In January 1966, Bond left to join Torquay United, then managed by his former West Ham teammate Frank O'Farrell, on a free transfer.

This followed a period of negotiations between the two clubs, Norwich eventually paying £10,000 in compensation for the acquisition of Bond and his chief coach Ken Brown.

Bond continued his successes at Norwich, signing players such as Martin Peters, Ted MacDougall and Phil Boyer.

The end of his first season in charge at Maine Road saw Bond lead City out at Wembley for the FA Cup Final against Tottenham Hotspur, which they lost 3–2 in the replay game, made famous by Ricky Villa's goal (the game also featured a volley by City's Steve MacKenzie).

At the end of this thrilling game, Bond jumped from an upper tier of the stand into the players' tunnel, in order that he could offer his commiserations to son Kevin, who was playing for Norwich.

An act which Danny Baker describes as "attempted a little James Bond" in the Match of the Eighties nostalgia TV show 16 years later.

In December 1984 he was appointed manager of Swansea City who were struggling to avoid being relegated from the First to Fourth Divisions in successive seasons.

On 22 January 1986, Bond was appointed manager of Birmingham City and failed to prevent their relegation from Division One, seven consecutive defeats at the end of the season sealing their fate.

In August 1998, Bond was appointed manager at Witton Albion, whose Manager had been sacked just days before the start of the new season, Bond was appointed first on an interim basis, before talking over for the rest of the season in November 1998 and they eventually finished in a healthy eighth place in the Northern Premier League First Division.

In September 1999, Bond, by now nearing his 67th birthday, was brought out of retirement by Wigan Athletic manager John Benson to assist with coaching and scouting in a consultancy position.

In November 2009, he appeared on the Sky Sports programme "Time of Our Lives", where he, along with Ken Brown, Ronnie Boyce and presenter Jeff Stelling looked back on their era at West Ham.