I thank you all for this post. the points made on here are exactly what I have been trying to say to my wife for years, but never been able to find the right words - now I just have to get her to read this!
The problem she has has is that she does not understand this mentality of us being Scouse and not English. She is from the south of Scotland and is fantastically proud if anything Scottish, so when I try to explain that I couldn't give a damn about England, she just doesn't get it.
Cheers to you all!