A dedicated football sex abuse hotline has received 860 calls in its first week, the NSPCC says.
Chief executive Peter Wanless said there had been a "staggering surge" in the number of people getting in touch.The chief executive of funding body UK Sport said if any sport did not take enough action to deal with the issue of abuse, it would reconsider its funding.
A total of 14 police forces are now investigating allegations of historical child sex abuse in football.
The inquiries come after several former players made allegations of abuse against football coaches.
The NSPCC said that from between 23 and 29 November its hotline received 860 calls, and within the first three days of it launching, the organisation made more than 60 referrals to a range of agencies across the UK.
That was more than three times as many referrals as in the first three days of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the charity added.
Mr Wanless said it demonstrated the "worrying extent of abuse that had been going on within the sport".
"The number of high-profile footballers bravely speaking out about their ordeal has rightly caught the attention of the entire country," he added.
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