The first football game was similar to this for the Sega Master System in the 1980s.
I remember with the Spectrum 48 or 128, also with the Commodore 64 and the Amstrad computers from the 1980s they football (soccer) game with had was like matchstick football players and the game was called Match Of The Day.
We also used to play the manager game called Football Director.
Those were the days when you had a load a game with a cassette tape and when you played other games every level you completed you had to rewind the tape on a certain part to load in the next level. Those were the 80s!
RE: I found this gem at IGN Abu Dhabi!