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Francis Duku: Game must make safety progress

The death of Billy Vigar is a tragedy which has shocked football to its core and I send my condolences to his family.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 October 2025

Billy Vigar’s death has rocked football to the core

By Francis Duku - Former Non-League defender and founder of The Sports Circle

The death of Billy Vigar is a tragedy which has shocked football to its core and I send my condolences to his family.
That a 21-year-old has left home to play football on Saturday and has suffered an injury that has ended their life just doesn’t bear thinking about, and has thrown open the question of player welfare. Essentially, that is the key point.
We’ve heard a lot of talk on this subject in the past, but now it’s imperative we make real progress into how we deal with the problem of making grounds safer t...

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