A football fan who battled three knife-wielding terrorists using only his fists has revealed the four words he shouted at the men as they stabbed and slashed innocents.

Roy Larner was in a pub with friends when the attackers burst in shouting: "This is for Allah!"

The 47-year-old, from Peckham, decided he needed to "take the p*** out of these b*****ds" by shouting his own battlecry back at them, screaming: "F*** you, I'm Millwall!"

It was the worst thing he could have done as the terrorists then turned on him and started stabbing at him with their knives, giving other diners the chance to run for their lives.

Alone and fighting off all three of them, Roy continued to shout "F*** you, I'm Millwall" as they sliced into his body eight times.



Speaking from intensive care, he told the Sun: "They had these long knives and started shouting about Allah. Then it was, ‘Islam, Islam, Islam’.

“Like an idiot I shouted back at them. I thought, ‘I need to take the p*** out of these b******s’.”

“I took a few steps towards them and said, ‘F*** you, I’m Millwall’. So they started attacking me."

Thankfully, Rob survived the attack but was taken to St Thomas' Hospital in a critical condition before having surgery for knife wounds on his head, fingers and chest.



In new photographs taken of Roy in his hospital bed, countless stitches can be seen across his neck, the back of his head and his ear where doctors tried to patch up his knife wounds.

On Good Morning Britain this morning, Piers Morgan said: "Roy Larner, Millwall fans, today I like you.

"He got up, took them on single-handedly, saving countless lives, got stabbed eight times.

"Millwall fans get a very bad rack, a lot of it very deserved, but there are times when you really want a lot of Millwall fans - and that was one of them."

Millwall fans are praising Roy today after details of his heroism emerged.

Andy Castle said: "Always thought you Millwall supporters were f***ing mad, this just goes to prove it. Well done mate hope you stay up this season."

Roy's proud mum Phyllis Larner, 78, said: "Roy is quite nippy and lippy - he definitely wouldn't back down from a fight.



"He wouldn't care who it was or if they had a knife or a gun.

"I got the call on Sunday morning about half 7 from his partner Tracey.

"I wasn't shocked to be honest. He wouldn't care who fronts him up. He will give as good as he gets.

"He must have been trying to help friends or something. The men with knives must have come into the pub and started on him and he would have fronted them up."

A Change.org petition has been set up to ask for Roy to be awarded the George Cross for his heroic actions.

A JustGiving page set up to help financially support the hero in his recovery raised more than £4,000 in less than 24 hours, while the running total currently stands at £9,750.