I don’t think Coote will be in the public eye for the rest of his career, so the impact of coming out publicly is minimal, which is great for him. I hope he can go on to have a happy and healthy family.

But yeah, I do think that this coming out now, is beneficial for keeping the discussion away from yet another once in a lifetime decision against Arsenal. There’s no way for either of us to know. But a disgraced referee getting an article that is then syndicated through mainstream media makes me at the very least sceptical, because I literally forgot about the guy until now.