Ten German Bombers

[1] It is typically accompanied by horizontally outstretched arms and a gentle swaying motion, as if to mimic an aircraft in flight, and on some occasions, the word "air" has been replaced with "war".

In December 2005, Sven-Göran Eriksson, the then manager, asked fans to refrain from it at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany,[4] a plea echoed by Greater Manchester Police and other authorities.

In December 2005, Tony Parsons, writing in The Daily Mirror, stated that: German fans in 2006, exhilarated by their team's three previous victories in the World Cup, adopted rival songs.

[6] Elsewhere the answer from German fans at football matches was often the Nazi song Bomben auf Engelland [de] ("Bombs to England").

[citation needed] During the 2006 World Cup, the German musician Torsun (half of the group Egotronic) recorded a techno cover of the song.

In November 2014, during the qualification game against Romania in Bucharest for UEFA Euro 2016, the crowd sang Ten German Bombers at the final whistle.

[citation needed] During the 2021 European Football Championship, both the UEFA and the FA decided that fans singing "Ten German Bombers" would be banned from the competition.

[11] In the run up to the 2024 European Football Championship, amid concerns of violence in anticipation of England's inaugural game against Serbia, police in the city of Gelsenkirchen warned English fans away from singing the song.