Vigar's death was 'entirely preventable'

""This was an entirely preventable situation," Fletcher told BBC Breakfast. "It brought a lot of emotions flooding back for me but my overriding emotion was frustration that the calls for change haven't been listened to by the FA. "I'm afraid this will not be the last [death] if action isn't taken." "I think it's too little, too late," said Fletcher. "I think if you asked Billy's family they would say, is it going to bring their son back?""

""This will include looking at ways we can assist National League system clubs to identify and implement additional measures at their stadiums that they determine will help to mitigate any potential safety risks," its statement said. "It's something that needs to happen urgently because there are hundreds of football matches being played across the country at all levels where this kind of incident could occur again.""

Billy Vigar, 21, died after sustaining a significant brain injury while playing for Chichester City, reportedly after colliding with a concrete wall, though the club has not confirmed this. Former striker Alex Fletcher retired at 25 after crashing into concrete advertising hoardings, was placed in a coma following emergency surgery and missed ten months of football. Fletcher now works in the Professional Footballers' Association brain health department and calls for urgent safety improvements. The Football Association will carry out an immediate safety review of perimeter walls in the National League system to help clubs mitigate potential safety risks.

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