No problem Dave.

You may well think of yourself as a Coloradan first and American second, so it is over here - the Brits occupy the island of Great Britain and comprise of Welsh Scots and English who live in and move around - you get Scots in Wales and English in Scotland etc etc.

We have a common National Anthem for events when the whole Kingdom is being represented and our own individual anthems for when it is the constituent country being represented as for example in Rugby.

The Northern Ireland chap thinking of himself as British is due to the six counties of the Province of Ulster that voted to remain within the United Kingdom rather than go with the rest of Ireland. But you can bet your bottom dollar he thinks of himself as an Ulsterman first. Of course there are others who see themselves as Irish first and indeed, in Rugby, because they do not field their own team in this tournament, many will support Ireland as an all inclusive representative team.

What you will also find is that rivalries can go out of the window - when England was the only UK team in the World Cup, everyone fell behind them and the flags of St George fluttered everywhere, including Wales and Scotland!