Clattenburg: I'm innocent

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Clattenburg was dramatically dropped from refereeing last month's Community Shield clash at Wembley just hours after the Football Association and the PGMOL, the referees' professional body, were alerted to the claims.

The 33-year-old has been suspended ever since but asked if he would be allowed to resume his refereeing career, Clattenburg told The Daily Mail: "I would hope so. You don't know, do you? You can't guarantee anything."

He added: "I can't guarantee what's going to happen tomorrow, I can't guarantee what's going to happen the next day. At the end of the day, the truth will come out.

"Why wouldn't I (be reinstated)? I'm innocent. When I come back to refereeing, I'll just smile."

Clattenburg's firm, MC Electrical Retail NE Ltd, was wound up under the Insolvency Act on June 27, Newcastle County Court confirmed last month.

Friend John Hepworth had served the company with legal papers demanding £59,589.

When it failed to pay, he took the case to the county court and MC Electrical Retail NE Ltd was wound up.