A review of gambling laws by the United Kingdom government may ban football clubs throughout the country from signing front-of-shirt sponsorship deals with betting companies meaning Premier League clubs and numerous others throughout the country’s football pyramid would have to find new sponsors for that space.

The UK Government is reviewing the 2005 Gambling Act, with some rumours suggesting this could see betting firms banned from shirt sponsorship in the English Premier League.

But The Big Step wants ministers to go further than this and end the promotion of gambling across all levels of football within the UK.

The UK Government received more than 16,000 responses to its call for evidence as part of the review of the Gambling Act, with a White Paper setting out the findings and proposals from this expected to be published in the “coming months”.