After a club relegation season for me, I do take consolation in looking forward to another summer World cup and it also counts that we/England are there and are surely thinking we'll do better than just the group stages this time.
All my summers avatars will be of England home & away shirts by the way!.
I wasn't quite old enough to remember WCup '78 when we didn't qualify, but the memories of failing to get to WCup '94 in America of all places, they are still tough now when I think back to them.