EX-PREMIER League ref David Coote has been charged with making a category A indecent video of a child.

The official was sacked by refereeing chiefs the PGMOL in December after an online tirade against former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

Coote, 43, from Newark, is accused with making one indecent video of a child on January 2 2020.

He will appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Thursday in the first hearing related to the charge.

A category A charge relates to the most severe classification of indecent images or video depicting penetrative sexual activity.

Coote was sacked as a referee after he was seen in leaked footage last November calling Klopp a “German c***” and referring to Liverpool as "s***".

He said: "Aside from having a right pop at me when I was refereeing them agai

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