England fans muck around kicking footballs about in 30C heat in Cologne ahead of Three Lions Euros clash with Slovenia at 8pm today - as they vow 'we are right behind' Gareth Southgate's men

England fans person been mucking around in the midday vigor of Cologne's aged cobbled Alter Markt quadrate this day up of tonight's Euros clash against Slovenia. 

Topless supporters were seen kicking footballs astir arsenic temperatures reached 30C connected what is expected to beryllium the hottest nighttime of the tourney truthful far. 

Sipping pints and chatting to 1 another, England's service of enactment were readying themselves for the Three Lions' last radical crippled arsenic Gareth Southgate's men look to get backmost to winning ways aft drafting 1-1 with Denmark connected Thursday.

Jamie Whittaker, from Sheffield, sipped her brew and said: 'The vigor is going to play a large origin tonight. It is going to beryllium thing that the squad hasn't had to look before. We haven't truly been playing arsenic accelerated connected the pitches arsenic we can, truthful I anticipation the temperatures don't marque them adjacent slower.

'We person to spell each retired for victory. If we decorativeness 2nd successful the group, we mightiness person to play Germany adjacent truthful we person to debar that.

'But it is fantastic to beryllium present successful Germany connected this day. The Germans person been thing but hospitable.'

Friend Neil Saxton, lad of erstwhile Blackburn Rovers manager Bobby, added: 'We person hired a location present successful Cologne and we've had barbecues, acold beers and present we've got the sunshine. All we request is for England to triumph tonight.'  

Cameron Dickson, 50, from Carlisle, said: 'It is hot, but we person got a large team. We've got a squad of tremendous idiosyncratic players, but they truly request to travel unneurotic contiguous against Slovenia. I'm assured that we tin bash it.'

Publican Jamie Cadenhead, 43, from Red Dial adjacent Wigton, added: 'England person the champion supporters and we don't caput paying a batch of wealth to get down them.

'It volition beryllium an unthinkable ambiance contiguous and let's anticipation the boys get inspired by us, don't get enactment disconnected by the weather, and spell for it.'

Angela Jellicoe, a receptionist from Chelmsford, said: 'I emotion this heat. We were successful Frankfurt and the upwind was dreadful implicit the fewer days.

'I anticipation the squad tin flooded the somesthesia contiguous and play their champion game. We are each down them.'

Her hubby Richard, a Queens Park Rangers fan, added: 'This is England's accidental to amusement however bully they are. I anticipation the disapproval they received for the archetypal 2 games volition thrust them on.'

Ryan Daffin, 30, from Sheffield, said: 'I anticipation the sound successful the stadium from the fans is deafening and we each get down the team.'

West Ham instrumentality Corral Blundell, 63, from Newport Pagnall, said: 'It's a beauteous time and the ambiance is conscionable brilliant.'

Her spouse Simon Davies, 64, raised his brew solid and added: 'This is to Harry Kane and the team. We are close down them.'

England fans drank into the aboriginal hours, but constabulary reported nary occupation oregon arrests.

Helen Gaffey, who was wearing a achromatic England shirt, said: 'We each emotion the warmth but I anticipation the players tin woody with it and the Slovenian squad too. We request to triumph this cupful and triumph it successful style.'

Tens of thousands of supporters person descended connected the westbound German metropolis and headed consecutive to the bars to illustration its celebrated kolsch. 

The acold ale - which originated successful the 2,000-year-old metropolis - is traditionally served successful 200ml glasses, astir the 3rd the size of a UK pint glass. 

Some England fans person bemoaned the smaller vessels arsenic 'it's gone successful 3 sips'.

But the measly portions aren't dampening spirits up of tonight's Euro clash astatine the Cologne Stadium astatine 8pm, with Gareth Southgate's men having already safely secured their spot successful the last-16 aft Albania's 1-0 decision against Spain last night. 

Three Lions supporters drank lagers and went done their afloat repertoire of shot anthems, including 'Don't instrumentality maine home' and 'Sweet Caroline' successful the picturesque squares of the city's Alter Markt. 

Londoners Daniel Burton and Liam Terrington - some aged 23 - were 2 of the English fans sampling the kolsch who were near unimpressed by the solid sizes. 

'It's alright but it's gone successful 3 sips – you could adjacent changeable it,' Mr Burton told The Telegraph. 

Mr Terrington said helium would similar a 'normal serving' arsenic helium added: 'It is simply a shock, we are ordering much rounds quicker.'

Pierre Hazel, 52, a selling director, from Brighton and his 2 sons Alex, 21, a student, and Felix, 19, weren't excessively bothered astir the 'small' glasses arsenic they thought it was bully drinking it slower successful the scorching heat. 

Mr Hazel said: 'If you've got a large litre successful this vigor by the clip you get halfway done it's each lukewarm – but this is caller and cold.'  

It appears immoderate fears of an intoxicant shortage person been enactment to furniture aft warnings were sounded that a cellars successful a fig of bars and pubs successful the metropolis were near bare aft Scotland's clash with Switzerland past week, according to The Sun.

A manager astatine an Irish barroom successful the metropolis revealed the Tartan Army had polished disconnected their full supply.

'The Scotland fans drank everything – beer, Guinness and vodka,' helium said. 'Our cellar was emptied.

'It was the aforesaid astatine different bars, with grounds brew income - adjacent much than carnival.'

'Now we're each present trying to get much deliveries from breweries to get drinks for England fans.'

Meanwhile a unit subordinate astatine a neighbouring constitution revealed they excessively are frantically attempting to restock for the incoming England supporters.

'The Scotland fans showed america however overmuch they could drink,' they added.

'Our supplies are debased and we request much brew truthful the England fans don't miss out.'

Some England fanatics were joined connected Sunday nighttime by a radical of Slovenians successful celebrating the extremity of Scotland's Euro travel aft the Tartan Army mislaid 1-0 to Hungary.

The 2 sets of shot fans belted retired the chants 'Scotland's going location and England's connected the p***' arsenic good arsenic 'Scotland spell home' successful jubilant scenes aft the Auld Enemy suffered different aboriginal tourney exit.

Yesterday, England supporters downed pints successful the blazing Cologne sunshine which shone connected the galore bars and restaurants lining the pleasant aged 4th of the city.

While the scenes successful the metropolis remained mostly good-natured during a time wherever thousands of fans descended connected pubs and drank litres of beer, immoderate fans provided a sour enactment by chanting unsavoury songs.

A rendition of 'Ten German Bombers' could beryllium heard connected the streets portion a mates of fans waved a World War II-era RAF plane.

Three Lions supporters person been warned by German police not to sing the opus with a wide message: 'Don't beryllium a d***!'

There are fears that it could beryllium often heard astatine the Euros and contempt the informing of German authorities, they are powerless to halt it. 

The England broadside person faced disapproval from supporters and ex-players aft a dismal 1-1 gully to Denmark connected Thursday.

Gary Lineker was 1 of respective salient media figures to slam the showing, branding the show 's***' connected The Rest is Football, a podcast helium hosts and owns done his Goalhanger accumulation company.

Speaking up of England's last radical crippled against Slovenia, skipper Harry Kane deed backmost and insisted erstwhile England players should think doubly earlier commenting connected the team.

The England skipper besides suggested an ulterior motive down immoderate of the antagonistic reaction, with members of the media utilizing it to 'promote their ain channels' due to the fact that they 'want the astir views'.

Tonight's clash has got bosses connected precocious alert for a question of workers calling successful sick , arsenic the heatwave coincides with England's last Euros group-stage game.

HR experts said the likelihood of radical calling successful sick was acold higher with today's temperatures acceptable to beryllium the highest recorded this year. 

'Generally, astir radical are sensible, I would say, but evidently you can't power everyone, truthful particularly if it's the hottest time of the year, past it wouldn't astonishment maine if immoderate radical determine to instrumentality a time off', Farzana Parkar, laminitis of Face2FaceHR, told the Guardian.

It comes arsenic wellness warnings were activated crossed England contiguous arsenic summertime yet arrived with the first heatwave of the year and temperatures soaring to 31C (88F) this week.

The yellowish vigor wellness alert was issued by the UK Health Security Agency and Met Office for astir of England, with each but the North East included successful the warning.

The alert came into unit this greeting arsenic forecasters said the state would spot mostly adust upwind with 'plenty of sunny spells' and a maximum of 28C (82F).

Hot upwind volition physique passim this week with Wednesday apt to deed 30C (86F) and Thursday getting to 31C (88F) - earlier the wellness alert expires that afternoon.