Celebrity chef Delia Smith has written to the prime minister urging him to allow football fans back into stadiums.
The Norwich City director warned that smaller clubs could be at risk of closure unless supporters were able to watch live games again soon.
In an open letter, she said having distanced spectators was a "far better option than six round a table inside".
The government has set up a taskforce to look at how fans might return to stadiums.
Plans to reopen higher-level football grounds to supporters were postponed by the government in September amid rising Covid-19 cases.