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Football chiefs to review use of concrete walls around pitches after ex-Arsenal academy star Billy Vigar's death at the age of 21 as FA release statement

The FA have released a statement following the tragic death of former Arsenal academy star Billy Vigar after he suffered a 'significant brain injury' during a match.

Vigar was placed in an induced coma having suffered the injury while playing for Chichester City in a match at Wingate and Finchley in the Isthmian League Premier Division last Saturday.

Reports suggested Vigar collided with a pitchside concrete wall while trying to keep the ball in play, with the match subsequently abandoned.

After being placed in a coma, Vigar was operated on by doctors in a desperate bid to save his life on Tuesday, but 'the injury proved too much for him', his devastated family said.