Interesting piece on the miserable state of Chinese football contains this interesting snippet:
Most damaging of all, however, was the arrest of Lu Jun, a former international World Cup referee known as the "Golden Whistle" for his impartiality, on suspicion of taking bribes. If found guilty he could face the death penalty.
Well, I sang all those songs too but I never thought that someone would actually do it.
known as the "Golden Whistle"
Really?
Posted by: ejh | May 27, 2010 at 04:04 PM
"Golden Whistle" was also the name of the referee-bribing scandal in the Portuguese league (and the official name of the investigation into it). It makes even less as a nickname for the referee involved.
Posted by: Matt Heath | May 27, 2010 at 04:50 PM