Jon Ritman's 1984 Spectrum classic is still deservedly remembered as the first truly great football simulation. Up until then, most footy games had concerned themselves with the management side of The Beautiful Game, and those that attempted to be arcade simulations had been sorely lacking. Match Day appeared and proved that yes, you could recreate the act of 22 grown men chasing a pig's bladder, and make it fun.

Sure, the game had a couple of flaws - you'd often find control of the players switching just when you didn't want them too, and the deflection system was dodgy to say the least, but despite these it was a magnificent piece of design and coding.

Come 1990 and Match Day II appeared, correcting the deflection problem and adding a new kickometer which players could use to control the strength and type of kick they were going to make. Some might think that Match Day II is a better game and therefore deserves its place in this Great Videogames Through The Ages more than its predecessor, but they'd be wrong. Match Day still remains our favourite footy game for the lowly Speccy and our Firm will meet up with anyone who wants to say different. Altogether now: "Are you listening? Are you listening? Are you listening...?"

And so on.