Overview

• Chichester City confirmed Vigar’s death on September 25 after he was treated in hospital for what the club called a significant brain injury.
• Medical staff treated him on the field before he was taken by ambulance and then airlifted to a London hospital.
• He was placed in an induced coma on Monday and underwent surgery on Tuesday, but he died on Thursday morning.
• Match reports say there was no contact with another player before the collision with the pitch-side wall.
• Arsenal, the English FA and his current club issued condolences, and tributes spread across social media as his career path from Arsenal’s academy to Chichester City was recalled.