Singing for England? The FA isn't

So, today England play another football team who have reached more World Cup finals than them (without winning it though). The English national team were only really the best in the world between 1886 and 1900 when they won 35 out of 40 internationals, though this was before Italy and Brazil among others had cottoned on to the game.
Hungary (like the former Czechoslovakia) reached their World Cup finals before England, which may account for the reason they were rarely mentioned in the same breath as The Netherlands before 2010 in being denied the taste of holding aloft the trophy. In light of this, let’s compare all the teams who equalled or bettered England’s World Cup tournament performance from 1970 onwards. Unsurprisingly, this includes all the World Cup winners. The list:
Brazil,
Federal Republic of Germany (AKA West Germany)
Argentina
Italy
France
Spain
Uruguay
The Netherlands
Portugal
Republic of Korea (AKA South Korea)
Turkey
Croatia
Sweden
Bulgaria
Poland
Belgium
What really puts England’s standing into perspective is that since they achieved 4th in 1990 (a solitary appearance in the semi-finals, 1970 onwards), Croatia wasn’t even an independent country. By achieving 3rd place in 1998, they’ve achieved more in 20 years than England have ever done in that period. And then you have the likes of Belgium and Bulgaria on an equal par with England. It seems that the FA has proved more hindrance than help. They didn’t enter England in the pre-World War II World Cups, arrogantly thinking they were better than everyone else, something brutally exposed in their belated 1950 bow. The FA, in their xenophobia, created the League Cup to try and prevent clubs from entering into European competition. And now, they refuse to push for a winter break by winding up the League cup, though admittedly they are without a chairman and a chief executive and are in the pocket of the Premier League which has no intention of helping the national team. Now, England are without a sponsor, foolishly passing up Nationwide's £20 million offer, which has now been withdrawn, without getting anyone to match or surpass that. Maybe it’s time to wind up the FA and start again.