Chichester City, a semi-professional club in England's seventh-tier league, officially announced that their forward Billy Vega had unfortunately passed away at the age of 21 despite rescue attempts.
The player spent several years in Arsenal's youth system and was a product of the Gunners' academy.
According to confirmation from multiple media outlets including ESPN earlier, he unfortunately slipped while trying to save a ball that was about to go out of bounds during the match. After falling to the ground, his head hit the concrete wall by the side of the pitch directly, causing severe head injuries that ultimately led to his death.
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‘After sustaining a significant brain injury last Saturday, Billy Vigar was put in an induced coma. On Tuesday he needed an operation to aid any chances of recovery. Although this helped, the injury proved too much for him and he passed away on Thursday (25th) morning.
The responses to the original update show how much Billy was thought of and loved within the sport. His family are devastated that this has happened whilst he was playing the sport that he loved.’
