The author of the book is Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (born 1933), a famous Russian football player who in the early sixties played in the USSR national team, which won the title of European champion in 1960. This is a book about football, its history and development. This is a book about the life of the author himself - an athlete and coach, about his teammates, about the life of his generation. This is a book about our country through the eyes of a contemporary.

The book is written with humor, it contains documentary photographs, it will be read with pleasure by everyone who is interested in football, who is interested in the history of sports and the fate of famous people.