<b><b>With Antarctica again failing to qualify for the World Cup, the Walrus is putting his weight behind England in this month&amp;’s tournament. But watching the games and having a pint may prove tougher than he expected</b></b><br><b>1924. Ramsey MacDonald assembles the first Labour cabinet. There are still six years before the first ever football World Cup. Stanley Matthews is at school in Stoke. Alf Ramsey is four years old. Ade Akinbiyi has his first faltering steps captured on camera. News stories report that prefabs will soon be built in the south to deal with the housing crisis. </b><br><b>No, hang on, those last two are from more recent times. In fact, the prefab scare-story was still running last month. We built fewer new homes in England and Wales in 2001 than in any peacetime year since 1924. And we are well on track to beat the course record again in 2002. Since the heady days of the 60s and 70s, of Georgie Best and Stan Bowles, the planning system has been managed in a way that can only really be fully appreciated by life-long Nottingham Forest supporters. Still, at least we have got a few weeks of decent quality football to look …