"I felt like packing it up after that game and not doing it anymore - a lot of us did,"
"The biggest thing for all of us now is Billy's family and doing right by them,"
"Billy was just starting to come out of his shell and his family told me he was loving life and playing football."
"It's all just so unfair."
Chichester City striker Billy Vigar, 21, died after several days in an induced coma following a significant brain injury suffered during an away match. Manager Miles Rutherford described the weeks as heart-breaking and said he and others considered leaving football after the incident. The club postponed a match, invited Vigar's relatives and fans to a tribute at their next game, held a minute's silence and displayed his number nine shirt on the pitch. The FA ordered an immediate safety review of perimeter walls, and Wingate & Finchley plan to install rubber safety padding once accredited.
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