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 ...

Sacked Premier League referee David Coote has come out as gay and explained the reasons for him being filmed taking cocaine. In November, the Premier League official was suspended by the PGMOL ...

Disgraced former Premier League referee David Coote says a lifelong struggle to hide his sexuality contributed to “shameful” decisions which led to his sacking last year. Coote was in October ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Ex-referee David Coote has come out as gay (Nigel French/PA) Shamed former Premier League referee David Coote has come out as gay and revealed that a lifelong struggle to hide his sexuality ...

David Coote has apologised to former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp after he called him a "German c***" in a leaked video. In the clip, that was filmed back in 2020, Coote described Liverpool as ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has apologised for the actions that led to his sacking last month by English soccer’s referees’ body PGMOL, saying that the pressure of the job and ...

David Coote has opened up about struggling with his sexuality in the "macho world" of football, with the former Premier League referee coming out as gay. Coote was sacked by the PGMOL last month ...