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Brewery creates 'F*** you, I'm Millwall' beer in honour of man who took on London Bridge attackers
A Swedish brewery as launched a beer called 'F*** you, I'm Millwall,' named after the words used by a victim of the London Bridge terror attack as he fought back against the assailants.
Roy Larner, 47, was at the Black & Blue restaurant and bar in Borough when the three terrorists entered the premises.
Describing the incident to the Sun from his hospital bed, Mr Larner said: “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."
In a statement on their website Frequency Beer Works said: "We were humbled and impressed to read about Millwall supporter Roy Larner, who single-handedly stepped in against the terrorists in London, shouting 'F*** you, I’m Millwall!', saving countless lives by drawing the attention of the attackers, giving others the possibility to run to safety.
"We salute him, and have made a special edition of our bitter available in his honour. A portion of the proceedings will be donated to the fund started in his name."
Mr Larner was stabbed eight times in the attack, and was admitted to St Thomas’s Hospital in critical condition, requiring surgery to wounds on his head, fingers and chest.
“I stood in front of them trying to fight them off. Everyone else ran to the back," he told the Sun.
“I was on my own against all three of them, that’s why I got hurt so much. It was just me, trying to grab them with my bare hands and hold on. I was swinging.
“I got stabbed and sliced eight times. They got me in my head, chest and both hands. There was blood everywhere.
“They were saying, ‘Islam, Islam!’. I said again, ‘F*** you, I’m Millwall!’
“It was the worst thing I could have done as they carried on attacking me."
David Mortimer, co-founder of Frequency Beer Works, told the Southwark News: “A friend of mine who is a Millwall fan in London sent me a link to an article about Roy and I thought it was an amazing story of his bravery.
"When I read it I thought ‘that’s amazing, that really is something special’ so I spoke to the other guys at the brewery and we thought we could stick some money into the Just Giving campaign but that it would be more fun to tell the world about it.
"It just feels like it’s one of those stories you want to tell people about because it’s amazing – and it’s also a great name for a beer."