Footage has emerged purportedly showing England fans ignoring calls from German police not to sing ‘10 German Bombers’ at this summer’s European Championship.
A TikTok clip captioned ‘England fans in Dusseldorf #england #euros #euro2024 #fyp’ posted on the opening night of the tournament appears to feature Three Lions supporters performing the illicit song outside a Mexican restaurant in Dusseldorf.
The footage was uploaded barely a week after the chief of police of Gelsenkirchen – the nearby city where England play Serbia in their opening Euro 2024 match on Sunday – told any supporters thinking of singing the song while attending the Euros: “Don’t be a d—.”
As I’ve been known to say we’ll take the piss out of absolutely anything.
Hopefully the Netherlands fans will likewise treat the Germans to a rendition of ‘Can we have our bikes back’
‘the chief of police of Gelsenkirchen – the nearby city where England play Serbia in their opening Euro 2024 match on Sunday – told any supporters thinking of singing the song while attending the Euros: “Don’t be a d—.”’
They are definitely outplaying us in the classroom. Can you imagine any UK regional Chief Constable knowing the German for d___?
@NoelC That one is hardly ever heard nowadays. Too much of a generation gap, and it stopped being relevant somewhere in the ’70’s.
But I sincerely hope the overpaid prima donnas get booted out in the poule phase. Saves a hella lot of annoyance.
’…the illicit song …’
*facepalms hard*
Tough on songs, tough on the causes of songs…
I’m waiting for pearl-clutching reports of German fans breaking into a chorus of Auslander Raus. I rather fancy the opposing supporters would quickly join in.
It’s awfully catchy, not unlike Vindaloo.
Can you imagine any UK regional Chief Constable knowing the German for d___?
Maybe, maybe not.
One thing I am sure of is that in this instance, as opposed to other recent events, no UK Chief Constable would reflect publicly on the various possible interpretations of the words and insist that they need to be considered “in context”.
“For our next song, Erika. In honour of our hosts, sung in the original German”
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I’m a tad confused. Foreigners in Germany have been forcing the Germans to tolerate and accommodate their customs and behaviours for years, even when this is in contravention of German law.
Why the difference in treatment? Just asking…
Such as?
John G
On a slight tangent – Erika performed AI/Waifu/Catgirl style.
https://youtu.be/8o_GX3WsR_w?si=BCjverS_rz5VrJXt
@John – Well, that was different. Not sure what the Japanese fascination is with cute girls prancing around in SS uniforms, but there you go.
Can we call Garrett Southgate a stupid white bastard?
@Ted: who he?
Video on X shows German fans joining in singing 10 German Bombers with English fans.
I think Garrett Southgate is the tight end short stop wide receiver relief pitcher for the New York Yankee Cowboy WhiteSox.
I was in Germany for the 2006 WC and the Germans we spoke to saw the humour in such songs…
The only time there was any hint of bother was in Koln and it was the England fans that sorted it out
I’ve been quite surprised how low key the event seems to be with the general public. Next to no merchandising in supermarkets or elsewhere and I’ve only seen a couple of cars with flags. Reading the papers there is a low expectation of the German team and even after their impressive win against Scotland they can only talk about a summery fairytale.
Oops, it’s Gareth, not Garrett.
If you lot spoke English clearly I wouldn’t have this problem. 😉