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, the disgraced former football referee, was investigated and cleared by police in 2017 following an allegation over an indecent image in his possession. Coote pleaded guilty on Tuesday at ...

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 sexuality ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has been sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to making an ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has been charged with making an indecent image of a child. Nottinghamshire Police say the charge relates to a video file recovered by police officers in ...

Premier League referee David Coote was fired by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) on Monday after an ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote is due to be sentenced after a child abuse video was found on his device. The ex-official was charged with making an indecent image of a child after the ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has pled guilty to the charge of making an indecent image of a child. Coote had previously pled not guilty at a hearing in September after being initially ...

England’s professional referees organisation has said it is “taking very seriously” a new video that has emerged appearing to ...

LONDON (AP) — Former Premier League referee David Coote has been banned for eight weeks and ordered to take a face-to-face education program for making offensive comments about Jürgen Klopp in a ...