About the book: 2006 / The press calls him: “An unprotested judge and a conflict inspector” and writes about him: “He was the only inspector in the country, who fought against game-fixing.” For 23 years, All-Union category referee Mark Rafalov conducted more than 200 football matches for the USSR Championship and Cup, and after completing his refereeing career, he inspected matches of the national championship. And he always combined his favorite pastime - refereeing - with literary work: he is the author of many books dedicated to football, and sharp newspaper and magazine publications about match-fixing... This book is the revelation of a scandalous football referee, but it is not only about football. It is about the whole era of our country, in which the “son of the enemy of the people” Mark Rafalov, having gone through the war, became a holder of 20 state awards!