The data collected to used to address the thesis' aims were the result  of mixed methods of data collection deployed over a period of six months. This included 10 short-term sensory ethnographies, where ‘Goggle-box’ style recordings were taken of 9 participant households and/or families watching major sport events. Essentially this meant recording, face on, peoples experience of watching major sport events in which an English team was competing, or the event was eponymously associated with the host country.  Research participants ranged in age from 15 to 90, and a total of 21 participants (7 women, 14 men) were involved in this study. Whilst everyone during recruitment identified as ‘English,’ not all participants were White, and 2 had dual citizenship. All dialogue was recorded and the transcripts are included within this dataset. In addition, observational field notes were taken and participants also presented artefacts, which they felt represented ‘Englishness.’  This data, alongside the visual recordings have not been included within the deposited dataset for anonymity and confidentiality reasons.