Terrible, awful, news has emerged about the England Supporters Band at EURO 2016

It wouldn't be an England match without a blaring rendition of The Great Escape theme tune every 10 minutes, would it?

Love them or hate them, the England Supporters Band have been a permanent fixture in the Three Lions' travelling fanbase for quite a while. But – make sure you're sitting down – we've got some potentially terrible news. If newspaper reports are to be believed, the band might be missing from the terraces at Euro 2016, after failing to request their attendance to the competition's bosses. https://twitter.com/ian_hamer/status/740828339485741056 To make matters worse for England fans that like their chanting to have a trumpet-heavy musical accompaniment, the Welsh band have reportedly been guaranteed access into the stadiums. You could argue that overall Hodgson's players should have the upper hand on the pitch, but when it comes to bringing the noise, the Welsh fans are going to fancy their chances. According to The Telegraph, Uefa have said that due to heightened security, they warned all national associations earlier in the year that they would need to request attendance to matches, but received no contact from the English contingent. A spokesman for Uefa told the newspaper: "Since the stadium rules are very restrictive, Uefa has informed and asked all national associations already in March to request an approval by Uefa for coordinated fan activities in order to avoid any issues on match days. "Many teams have put their request forward, which have been approved subsequently. No such official request has been received from the FA so far." It is thought that the band will still travel to France and are confident that they will be allowed to do their thing, but it's probably fair to say that not everyone on social media was disappointed at the news. https://twitter.com/NickSzczepanik/status/740853944973438976 https://twitter.com/KeenosAFC/status/740845562862424064 https://twitter.com/lahaar/status/740848823451451392 https://twitter.com/RealFUG/status/740859834707378176 https://twitter.com/br_uk/status/740845917817974785 https://twitter.com/Gandermonium/status/740857386764804096 https://twitter.com/Deckymch/status/740835281692200960