David Coote has revealed he turned to drugs because he feared coming out as gay while working as a Premier League referee in his first interview since being sacked. The 42-year-old was fired in ...

SHAMED former Premier League referee David Coote has come out as gay and revealed that a lifelong struggle to hide his sexuality contributed to the X-rated rant that saw him dismissed from his ...

Coote was in October initially suspended by the referees’ body, Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), after a video of him calling ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp “arrogant” and a “German ...

David Coote could yet make a return to football ... as a young ref and I hid my sexuality as well - a good quality as a referee but a terrible quality as a human being. And that's led me to ...

David Coote has apologised to former Liverpool manager ... I recognise that they fell well short of standards that are expected of a top level referee and I deeply regret saying what I said.

David Coote has admitted he turned to drugs as a result of the fear of coming out as gay as a Premier League referee in his first interview since being sacked by the Professional Game Match ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has revealed that struggles with his sexuality and the "relentlessness" of the modern football calendar led him to use drugs.

Former Premier League referee David Coote has insisted that his drug use had no influence on his on-pitch decisions as he opened up on his sacking and why he said he is ashamed of his actions.

David Coote, the former Premier League referee sacked after making derogatory comments about ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, has come out publicly as being gay and said that hiding his ...

David Coote “deserves” to have a continued role in English football, the chairman of the Referees’ Association has said. Coote’s contract as an elite-level referee with Professional Game Match ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has hit the headlines over recent months after he was seen snorting white powder and calling former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp a 'German ****' in two ...