Vigar passed away at the age of 21 from a “significant brain injury”5 days after hitting a concrete wall surrounding a pitch while betting non-league side Chichester City.
On the eve of this season the Football Association prohibited clubs from having concrete, breeze block or strong brick walls surrounding their pitches, however this just used to the National League and Women’s National League.
Now it has actually emerged there is work under method at the greatest levels.
It is comprehended the Premier League performed a study of clubs on pitch boundaries, consisting of on the product utilized and the run-off range, because of Vigar’s death.
The leading flight likewise shared the result of the FA’s evaluation with clubs.
BBC Sport has actually approached the Premier League for talk about the result of its pitch study.
The EFL likewise released a study to clubs at the start of this year to construct an image of the boundary structure at each ground.
This likewise inquired about run-off ranges, surface areas and gradients, and any other journey dangers.
BBC Sport comprehends particular health and wellness evaluations have actually been advised for clubs discovered to have high-risk boundaries, in order to reduce danger.
This study remained in addition to the routine work performed at the start of the 2025-26 season, and came as an outcome of Vigar’s death.
In the WSL and WSL2 there is a recognition that numerous of the premises are shared with guys’s groups in other leagues.
The cops examination into Vigar’s death is continuous, with a more hearing arranged for 10 February.
The Metropolitan Police anticipates there will be another “two to three months” before any conclusion is reached.
Vigar’s moms and dads, Keith and Camilla, informed BBC Sport on the 1 year anniversary that “the FA could have stopped Billy losing his life because they had so many warnings”
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