WoW I might be the oldest guy on the forum. I first played the original Football Manager back in 1986 on the Sinclair ZXSpectrum (It was already a few years old then)
You can actualy play it for free along with tons more old Spectrum games at this cool website. Just choose Football Manager from the list and away you go... Doubt it has Bale, Ganso, Kadlec etc
http://www.zxspectrum.net/
I've played too many mainly cos my brothers are 8 and 11 years older than me. I remember the first was maybe Premier Manager on the PS-1.
Then I moved onto Championship Manager on the PC....when PC's where the size of an oven. Looking back...the graphics are horrible...not how i remember it.
You can play that again if you have an android phone. Just get the emulator app free and the rom gripper also free. Im currently playing at Arsenal. Ian Wright banging them in.Premier Manager on the mega drive, what a game