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Vigar परिवार ने FA को बच्चे की मृत्यु के लिए दोषी ठहराया

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Camilla Vigar says her son Billy, a former Arsenal academy player, died a year ago from a significant brain injury after colliding with a concrete wall while playing for Chichester City at Wingate and Finchley FC in north London. She believes the Football Association could have prevented his death, citing prior warnings from incidents like Ben Hiscox's 2015 death and Alex Fletcher's 2022 skull fracture. The Vigar family claims the FA did nothing after those warnings, despite Wingate and Finchley being flagged as high-risk.

The FA later launched a safety review of over 900 clubs, updated stadium criteria to ban concrete barriers, and mandated padding for structural walls. Funding from the FA and Premier League supports remediation, with clubs like Bromsgrove Sporting and Sheppey United implementing changes. Bath City, where Fletcher was injured, welcomed the ruling as a step toward improved player safety.