Shamed Prem ref David Coote filmed delivering Evri packages after cocaine video & Klopp rant destroyed career
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SACKED Premier League referee David Coote is now delivering packages for Evri — and says: 'I'm just trying to make an honest living.'
A couple were stunned to see the 42-year-old on their Ring doorbell, below, dropping off a parcel.
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Sacked Premier League referee is now delivering parcels for Evri as he attempts to 'make an honest living' after his drugs shame got him banned from football
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Coote is currently serving a 16-month UEFA ban, but pals say he could return to the game eventually
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Banned ref David Coote was caught snorting cocaine in a video clip
Coote is serving a 16-month UEFA ban after video emerged of him savaging former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, and a Sun clip showed him taking cocaine.
He works for the courier firm near his home in Newark, Notts, and said: 'I want to get on with my life.
"I'm trying to move forwards and regain a sense of responsibility and purpose.
"The job is keeping me busy and occupied, it's not a new long-term career.'
The Sun told in November how Coote had called Klopp a 'German c***' in a leaked video.
We then revealed a film of him doing cocaine at last summer's Euros.
The homeowner at the address he delivered to said: 'My husband's a Liverpool fan and what David said didn't go down well.
"My husband had ordered a part for a vehicle he's working on and recognised David.
"He said, 'He's delivering packages now'. I was like 'Oh my gosh, is he really?'
"It's his own downfall, at the end of the day. David got himself into this mess.
Scandal-hit Premier League ref David Coote SACKED after videos emerged of anti-Klopp rant and snorting white powder
"He lives up the road. I see him around town a lot.'
Coote was fired by referee governing body PGMOL in December and is banned by UEFA till next June.
He said: 'The drugs happened on an entirely ad-hoc basis.
"It fills me with a huge sense of shame to sit here and to say that I took that route.'
Last month he ran the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon to raise money for his uncle Mick who has motor neurone disease.
Coote said: 'I'm doing what I want to do, focusing on what's important like spending more time with friends and family.'
Friends backed him. A source said: 'David's a great lad who lost his career through stupidity, as he fully acknowledges.
"There might be a return for him to the game at some point, and football definitely needs experts like him.
"Until then he obviously has to pay the bills.'
Evri did not comment.
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He works for the courier firm near his home in Newark, Notts
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