Overview
- Non-league club Wingate & Finchley postponed two home fixtures and plans to install rubber safety padding once accredited.
- Arsenal will honour the former academy forward before Wednesday’s Champions League match against Olympiacos after players wore black armbands at Newcastle.
- Reports indicate Vigar suffered a fatal brain injury after colliding with a concrete wall during an Isthmian League match, prompting the FA’s immediate review.
- Former player Alex Fletcher and the PFA argue the death was preventable and urge urgent, binding standards to address dangerous pitchside structures.
- Chichester City launched a GoFundMe for Vigar’s family as public petitions push for bans or reconstruction of brick and concrete barriers at non-league grounds.