Stinkefinger or Glory
The British Foreign Office will not be responsible for whatever mayhem English football fans visit upon Germany come June's World Cup.
The government is mounting a full-pitch press to ensure that the Englanders who do make it to the Continent do not wreck themselves or the countryside. The Foreign Office has even cranked out a handy glossary for St. George's followers:
[Phrases] include Randalierer (hooligan), krawalle (rioting), schlagstock (truncheon), randalieren (go on the rampage), schlaegerei (brawl), raedelsfuehrer (ring-leader), polizeibekannt (known to police) and stinkefinger (middle-finger salute).
Football bodies are also keen to deter travelling England fans from singing the chant "10 German Bombers" and any other anti-German songs for fear of antagonising locals.
That is a reference to the 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall-style chant beloved of the Englanders:
There were 10 german bombers in the air
there were 10 german
there were 10 german
there were 10 german bombers in the airand the RAF from england shot em down!
and the RAF from england shot em down!
and the RAF from england
the RAF from england
the RAF from england shot em down!
You can pretty much see how this is not going to end well.
