THE landlord of the pub where bomb victim Paul Glennerster captained a football team has pledged to help him in his recovery.

Mr Glennerster, 26, an insurance broker from Stokenchurch, lost his leg in the explosion on the Tube between Russell Square and King's Cross stations on the morning of Thursday, July 7.

Peter Derby, landlord of the Horse and Jockey pub, in Tylers Green, said he was looking to hold a fundraising event dedicated to Mr Glennerster.

He said: "We would like to possibly do something but not until I have spoken to my football team. It is very sad for the family and is quite tragic but I need to speak to them as well."

Mr Glennerster, a Wycombe Wanderers fan, had captained the pub's Sunday league football team since its formation six years ago.

Helen Long, a London Underground worker, told a national newspaper how she helped save the life of a man believed to be Mr Glennerster by holding his hand for close to two hours to keep him awake while paramedics treated him.

She told The Times: "The bottom of his left leg was missing.

"He explained that his sister was pregnant and was expecting a baby near Christmas and I told him to do the same exercises that pregnant women do by breathing in small pants. Every time he fell off to sleep I kept him awake. I had his hand in my hand and I kept squeezing it."

Ian Mather, a director at Wycombe Wanderers said the club would be contacting his family.

A Metropolitan policeman described on www.gasroom.co.uk, a football fans' website, how he tended to Mr Glennerster at the scene of the explosion.

The policeman said Mr Glennerster talked about the Blues while he was stretchered out the tunnel.

Blues boss John Gorman earlier said he would try to get some of his players to visit Mr Glennerster in hospital.