Scandalous whistles

These referees know where your car is!

Annoyed: After a collision with a player, referee Tony Chapron first kicked him and then showed him red.(Bild: STEPHANE MAHE)

"Ref, we know where your car is!" A fan classic with a wink - when the whistle doesn't go the way you want it to. But there are also match officials who know where YOUR car is! The "Krone" went in search of conspicuous and dangerous soccer whistles ...  

On the pitch, his assistants are standing at the line - on a video that was leaked to the media, referee David Coote himself is standing in front of it. Only it wasn't made of chalk. The cocaine accusation was the icing on the cake after the 42-year-old had previously made disparaging remarks about former Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp. The referee is out of a job - but this is just the latest case in which a match official has become conspicuous.