The Football Association has banned coagulated perimeter walls astir pitches aft a information reappraisal was launched pursuing the decease of erstwhile Arsenal younker subordinate Billy Vigar.
The 21-year-old died aft sustaining a "significant encephalon injury" portion playing for Chichester City astatine Wingate and Finchley FC successful September 2025.
It is thought the wounded was caused erstwhile helium collided with a factual wall.
The review, conducted by autarkic wellness and information experts for the 2026-27 season, said it "no longer permits coagulated brick, breeze artifact oregon factual barriers astir pitches crossed the National League strategy for men [steps 1-6], and the Women's National League [tiers 3-4]".
An FA connection added: "Any existing coagulated brick, breeze artifact oregon factual barriers indispensable beryllium removed arsenic soon arsenic reasonably practicable, oregon covered with suitable extortion if they cannot beryllium removed for structural reasons.
"We person informed the clubs astatine this level that volition beryllium required to instrumentality enactment arsenic a effect of these changes."
Matches astatine affected grounds tin proceed arsenic agelong arsenic clubs measure "the information of their transportation perimeter barriers connected an ongoing basis" and program to marque changes "within a tenable timeframe".
The FA and Premier League volition supply backing to facilitate the changes.
After Vigar's death, a petition calling for a prohibition connected ceramic walls astir shot pitches has received much than 4,000 signatures.
The authorities and the Professional Footballers' Association wrote to the FA, Premier League, English Football League and National League successful June 2023, calling connected them to follow a much proactive attack to subordinate information successful this area.
That came aft Bath City's Alex Fletcher suffered a fractured skull aft colliding with a factual advertizing hoarding during a lucifer successful November 2022.
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