David Coote played local Sunday morning football for the team his uncle managed and ended up as their club Assistant Referee aged 12! Local referees persuaded him to take the course when he reached 14.
From the Newark Alliance he was promoted on to the Notts Alliance list and the Unibond assistant referees’ list, and spent three years at that level.
In 2004 he was promoted again on to the referees’ list for the Northern Counties League, and in August 2006 was promoted to the Football League assistant referees’ list His first game as a National List Assistant Referee at Stockport County v Hereford, later joining the Premier League assistant referees’ list.
In 2007/08 saw him promoted to Conference as a Referee and covered his first football league match in the same season as Bradford beat Morecambe 1-0 on 5 April 2008. The 2010/11 season saw David Coote join the Football League as a referee.
His first Championship match was at Deepdale in the 1-1 draw against Leicester. His previous Coventry match was a 1-0 win at Oldham on 29 September 2012. His last match was at nearby Ewood Park as Charlton beat Blackburn 2-1 on 19 January.
Season’s records:
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2012/13 |
23 |
72 |
4 |
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2011/12 |
33 |
90 |
7 |
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2010/11 |
27 |
86 |
1 |
David Coote and PNE:
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15/01/11 |
PNE 1 Leicester 1 |
Hume |
2 Y |
Russell; McLaughlin |
His assistants are Mark Jones from Nottinghamshire and Richard Wigglesworth from South Yorkshire. The fourth official Ian Hussin from Liverpool.