Eastbourne Borough to donate to the Takings at the Gate in Memory of Billy Vigar

A football club will donate money raised from ticket sales to charity in memory of footballer Billy Vigar.

Easttourne Borough FC, Vigar’s former club, play CICHESTER CITY FC in the Sussex Senior Cup on Tuesday night.

Vigar died in September after suffering a “significant brain injury” sustained while playing for Chichester City during one season.

Eastbourne Borough said the gate receipts from Tuesday’s satisfaction will be given to the London air ambulance, which sent Vigar to the hospital.

Easttourne chief executive Alan Williams told Sussex BBC it was “a very sad situation” but it was “important that he is not forgotten and the things he is not remembered”.

The novelty was originally due to be played earlier in October but was rescheduled because “everyone was so raw, especially the boys in Chichester”, according to Mr Williams.

The game kicks off at Eastbourne Borough’s Privory Lane Ground at 19:45 GMT.

Mr Williams said Vigar was “the most sincere, loving, genuine person” he had ever seen play football and he “can’t imagine what the boys are like in Chichester”.

The winger is a graduate of the Arsenal Academy and has also played for Derby County and Hastings together.

Vigar’s injuries are believed to have been caused when he hit a concrete wall.

The Football Association said it will conduct a safety review of the perimeter walls of football fields in the National League System.