Ex-Premier League referee issues apology after he was sacked over footage of X-rated rant directed at former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp ...

David Coote has come out as gay in his first interview since his dismissal as a Premier League referee last month, with the official opening up about his sexuality ...

David Coote was dismissed last year after six years as an elite referee. He says he is ‘sorry’ for the actions that led to his downfall. The post Former Premier League referee David Coote comes out as ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has insisted that his drug use had no bearing on his on-pitch decisions.

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 ...

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 has opened up on the horrendous abuse which is levelled at referees, including death threats and people wishing harm on his own mother. Coote, 41, was sacked by the PGMOL last year ...

David Coote has opened up about his sexuality, drug use and the pressures of being a Premier League referee in a tell-all interview almost two months after he was sacked by the PGMOL. The 42-year ...

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 ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has disclosed that he is gay and revealed a lifelong struggle with his sexuality led to “really poor choices” following his high-profile dismissal ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has come out as gay in his first interview since being sacked by the PGMOL - and admitted he has used cocaine as an escape. And now Coote has opened up on ...