Former academy player who was released last summer died yesterday, 21 years old, after sustaining an injury during a 7th tier game:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/25/billy-vigar-chichester-and-former-arsenal-player-dies-after-sustaining-brain-injury
Sounds like he collided with a concrete wall at the sideline and never woke up again. Insane accident.
Looks like the official site has posted about it too: https://www.arsenal.com/news/billy-vigar-2003-2025
Just read about this. It's a tragic incident. I'm sure he was well known by quite a few in our squad as well.
RIP. Terrible news.
RIP So young
damn, R.I.P.
this is the stadium where it occurred.
That's extremely sad and bizarre. RIP Billy.
Rest in peace Billy. So sad.
Avoidable too. It’s good to see some clubs have responded by stating they will remove walls near the pitch or amend them to be safer. Should have been done a long time ago though.
Incredibly sad news. RIP
Should be easy enough to make the walls a bit safer even without removing them entirely. At least it'd be something if his death lead to a change that could save others from harm in future.
Qwiss yeah pad them. imagine a basketball hoop stanchion without padding.
Really sad and shocking news. RIP Billy.
Sad and unfortunate. R.I.P.
So so sad, and such random misfortune. His family must be devastated. RIP kiddo.
How the fk does something like this even happen? Poor guy
