Half the fun of the game nowadays is the nostalgia factor. Seeing Garth Crooks on MOTD is a laugh considering I just signed from Tottenham. It is also funny when players like Gascoigne are crap and young.
I agree the game was head of its time, espec with crowd trouble etc. Have you tried speeding up the emulator? Imagine how slow it used to be on the C64!!!
Leeroy