FORMER Premier League referee Mark Halsey reckons David Coote should keep his job despite his cocaine shame. SunSport exclusively revealed the moment top-flight official Coote snorted the class-A

English Premier League (EPL) referee David Coote has been suspended pending investigation after a video went viral on social media appearing to show him making negative comments about Liverpool and the club’s former manager Jurgen Klopp.

A video appearing to show Premier League referee David Coote snorting a white powder has emerged, alleged to have been recorded while he was working at Euro 2024. Footage obtained by The Sun shows a man using a rolled up US bank note to snort the substance in the eight-second clip.

Disgraced Premier League referee David Coote is being investigated by the Football Association (FA).Coote was suspended by Professional Games Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body responsible for refereeing in English football on Monday.

The PGMOL [Professional Game Match Official Ltd] has been urged to introduce drug testing for referees after footage emerged appearing to show David Coote snorting a white powder. On Wednesday, an eight-second video clip was released of a man alleged to be Premier League referee Coote snorting a white powder from inside a hotel room.