Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Billy Vigar died from a "significant brain injury" in September 2025
ByLaura ScottSports News Correspondent- Published48 minutes ago
The police investigation into the death of former Arsenal academy player Billy Vigar is ongoing, a coroner's court has heard.
Vigar died from a "significant brain injury" in September 2025, five days after colliding with a concrete wall surrounding a pitch while playing for Chichester City at Wingate and Finchley's stadium.
His parents, Keith and Camilla, told BBC Sport on the one-year anniversary that "the FA could have stopped Billy losing his life because they had so many warnings".
Det Supt Colin Chandler, from the Metropolitan Police, told a pre-inquest review hearing that he anticipated he would need another "two to three months" on his investigation.
He did not provide details on the lines of enquiry that the police are exploring.
BBC Sport has contacted the Met for comment.
Vigar's parents were present for the hearing at Barnet Coroner's Court on Thursday, as were representatives from the Football Association and Barnet Council.
Former Bath City player Alex Fletcher, who fractured his skull when colliding with concrete barriers next to the club's pitch in 2022, was also present, as was another representative from the PFA.
Camilla Vigar told senior coroner Andrew Walker: "I don't understand how the FA waited for Billy to die before they actioned anything when there was so much warning beforehand.
"Ben Hiscox dying in 2015. Alex had his big accident in 2022. The investigation they did after that highlighted about 160 high-risk clubs. Wingate was one of them. They did nothing."
Keith Vigar spoke during the hearing to raise an "issue with Barnet not being an interested party" in the case.
"Personally I don't quite understand how the investigation carried out at the football club, Wingate and Finchley... I see it as a bit of a conflict of interest that Barnet as the local authority carried out that investigation. It feels like they are marking their own homework," he said.
A further hearing has been scheduled for 10 February.
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Figure caption,Our son's death could have been prevented by FA - Billy Vigar's parents
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