Some people in Liverpool will support England, but for many it's a case of 'Scouse, not English'
Fancied among the favourites before the tournament, Gareth Southgate's side have made a shaky start to their campaign in Germany. The performances have been far from great, but with a win and a draw, England are top of Group C with a match to play.
Large swathes of this city feel they have nothing in common with the rest of the country. As such, Liverpool can feel like it is either its own separate entity or an Irish city in England. The 19th century saw the constituency Liverpool Scotland, which was centred on Scotland Road and had a very large Irish population, elect an MP from the Irish Nationalist party. Thomas Power O'Connor served Liverpool Scotland from 1885 to 1929.
"It's pretty sceptical, it's sceptical of most people in power or authority and that extends to a lack of interest in support for the monarchy, through to contempt for governments. It did take Liverpool a long time to become a Labour city because of those divisions between Protestant and Catholic Irish within the same city.
The 1980s were tough for Liverpool. The city faced wide-scale poverty and unemployment. There was a feeling that it was left to suffer alone while Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister. Though the suggestion was not adopted - Michael Heseltine argued in favour of ambitious regeneration plans - Liverpool feels let down by government as a result.
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