Former Arsenal-contracted player Billy Vigar has died aged 21 after sustaining a "significant brain injury" while playing for Chichester City last weekend.

Vigar was injured in an Isthmian League match at Wingate and Finchley, leading to the game's abandonment after 13 minutes.

"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 morning," a statement from the seventh-tier Chichester read.

"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."

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