Former Arsenal academy player Billy Vigar, a talented young footballer, has passed away at the age of 21 after sustaining a serious brain injury in a non-league football match. Chichester City, his club at present, made the sad announcement on Thursday morning in a moment of calamity for English football.

Who is Billy Vigar?

Born in 2003 in Worthing, West Sussex, Vigar started his football career when he was at the Arsenal Youth Academy aged 14. He progressed through the youth system of the club playing both at the U18 and the U21 levels. In 2022, Vigar signed his first professional contract with Arsenal.

Though he could not break into Arsenal’s senior Premier League team, he gained good experience while on loan at Derby County’s U21s in the second half of the 2022–23 season. He also pl

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