Our son's death could have been prevented by FA - Billy Vigar's parents
"You swing from sadness to anger because you just feel it could have been prevented." That is the view of Camilla Vigar, whose son Billy, a former Arsenal academy player, died a year ago today from …
"You swing from sadness to anger because you just feel it could have been prevented."
That is the view of Camilla Vigar, whose son Billy, a former Arsenal academy player, died a year ago today from a "significant brain injury", five days after colliding with a concrete wall surrounding a pitch.
The 21-year-old striker was playing for Chichester City at Wingate and Finchley FC in north London.
In their first broadcast interview since their son's passing, the Vigar family accuse the Football Association of doing "nothing" after previous similar incidents.
"[Billy] had his whole life ahead of him. He was 21 years old and he lost it playing football when he didn't need to," she told BBC Sport.
"I personally feel that the FA could have stopped Billy losing his life because they had so many warnings."
They give the example of amateur footballer Ben Hiscox, who died in 2015 after colliding with a clubhouse near Bristol.
After the coroner warned the FA about the risk of future deaths, padding was added to Stoke Gifford United's clubhouse and the run-off between it and the pitch was increased.
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