Coaching and Managerial Career
Bond's coaching career began when he joined the staff at Gillingham (having been turned down on applying for the manager's job at Torquay United), and in May 1970 he replaced Freddie Cox as manager of Bournemouth, who were then known by their original (and still official) name of Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic. He is usually credited with the change of club name to its current name of A.F.C. Bournemouth. Bond led the club to promotion as Fourth Division runners-up at the end of his first season, and almost to promotion again the following season, as Bournemouth finished third in the Third Division. His son Kevin has also managed Bournemouth.
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