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 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.

Ex-Premier League referee, David Coote, has come out as gay. In an interview with the UK Sun, Coote also admitted he used cocaine as an escape. The 42-year-old was sacked last year when he was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coote, 42, was suspended in November after footage emerged of him making derogatory remarks about former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp in a video that was widely shared on social media. Further ...

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 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 ...

Disgraced Premier League referee David Coote has come out as gay and says he took cocaine to ‘escape’ the ‘stresses and relentlessness of the job’. Coote, 42, was sacked by referees ...