David Coote is an English professional football referee who served as the match referee for the Carabao final clash between Manchester United and Newcastle, find out more about him below along with his age, wife and stats
The EFL chose Coote, who is an experienced match official, currently an official Premier League referee to take charge of the cup final.
Who is David Coote football referee, age, wife, stats, team he supports, salary and Twitter
The PGMOL have confirmed that Carabao Cup final referee David Coote is a Notts County fan, amid speculation that he supports Manchester United due to a fake Facebook profile photo circulating on social media. [@ChronicleNUFC] #NUFC pic.twitter.com/raVx36gyPd
— ToonArmy (@toonarmy_com) February 15, 2023
🚨David Coote will be officiating the Carabao Cup final vs Man Utd at Wembley on 26th February. #NUFC pic.twitter.com/rJySpmnhYg
— ToonArmy (@toonarmy_com) February 14, 2023
Ahead of the match, there was extra pressure on Coote following a string of VAR issues in the Premier League since the Premier League restart this year. Just recently, PGMOL chief Howard Webb was forced to apologize for making errors in recent weeks.
David Coote is paid a salary of £48,000 for the 2022-23 Premier League season. He is currently unmarried. Coote was born in Nottinghamshire and qualified with his local Football Association, working as a referee development officer with the Notts FA between 2004 and 2012 and the PGMOL have confirmed to Chronicle Live he is a Notts County fan.
David Coote brief background
Born: 11 July 1982 (age 42 years), Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
David Coote is a professional football match official and the son of former Nottinghamshire cricketer, David Coote Sr. As such, he was initially tipped to follow in his dad’s footsteps into cricket. However, Coote chose football over cricket and started out refereeing amateur matches at the young age of 16.
Carabao Cup final referee David Coote career
David Coote started out refereeing amateur and semiprofessional matches, in his native Nottinghamshire when he was as young as 16-years-old. Coote always had the strong intention of becoming a match official from a very young age.
He started out as a professional inn 2007 and continued a steady rise through the EFL pyramid. Coote eventually become a regular EFL Championship referee from 2012 onwards. The Nottinghamshire local made his Premier League debut back in November 2018. The match was between Newcastle and West Bromwich Albion, where the Magpies lost 1-0 away.
Following his Premier League debut, he continued to rotate between the two top tiers. Coote was officially promoted as a Premier League referee ahead of the start of the 2020/21 season. He already had over 82 Premier League matches to his name by then.
David Coote Premier League record
Given below is David Coote’s Premier League record so far:
| Season | Games | Yellow Cards | Red Cards |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 11 | 35 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 16 | 50 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 21 | 68 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 19 | 93 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 13 | 48 | 1 |
David Coote Wembley referee record
The upcoming game between Manchester United ad Newcastle is not Coote’s first game incharge at the Wembley nor his biggest Wembley appearance. he has previously refereed several EFL finals at the famous stadium.
His first outing at the Wembley came during the 2013/14 EFL League Two playoff final. In that match, Rotherham United managed to beat Leyton Orient on penalties. He then went on to take charge of the 2016/17 League One playoff final.
David Coote referee style
David Coote has already given out 48 yellow cards and 1 Red card in the Premier League this season ahead of the Carabao Cup final. Back in January, Coote booked seven players in Fulham’s 2-1 win over Chelsea inclduing red card to Joao Felix. Just last weekend, he dished out nine yellow cards in the Blues’ 1-0 defeat to Southampton.
EFL’s decision to call up Coote for the Carabao Cup final is huge career highlight for the 40-year-old. Following the announcement, Coote described the game as a “massive honour” in his professional career.