David Seaman appears at the opening of the New Go Outdoors store

Go Outdoors is holding a celebration opening event for its new store at Leeds Road Retail Park in Huddersfield today.

It kicked off at 9am and hundreds of people showed up on the promise that they would meet Ex Arenal and Leeds United goalkeeper David Seaman.

Famous for his iconic mustache and ponytail combo in his heyday, winning two Premier League and FA Cup doubles in 1997/98 and 2001/02, the 61-year-old, famous for his iconic mustache and ponytail combo, is considered one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, and has made 75 appearances in the UK.

David Seaman has appeared in England 75 times (Photo: PA Archive/PA/Owen Humphreys) Hundreds of people were queued outside a new go-outdoor store in Leeds Road Retail Park in Huddersfield for the opening event and was exhibited in Tiktok, where they live here by @klohard (Image: Tiktok/ @klohard) Seaman played three times with Bradford City when Bantam spent two seasons on both sides of the Millennium, including a 2-1 defeat in the Valley Parade on February 5, 2000, when Dean Windus, Dean Sanders and Thierry Henry provided targets.

He won three league titles and lifted the FA Cup four times during his Arsenal career, bagging the League Cup, three Community Shields and the European Cup winners cup.

The New Go Outdoors store is where the goal mass at Huddersfield Town's historic Leeds Road Stadium once stood, and Seaman played in Arsenal's final season in September 1993 with his 5-0 League Cup victory.

Seaman, from Rotherham, met enthusiastic applause as he appeared in front of a large crowd on the second floor level of the store at 9:30am this morning.

He described the store as “amazing” and said, “I got straight to the fishing bit, I told them what I wanted.”

David Seaman at the opening event (Image: Tiktok/@Klohard) David Seaman with wife and former dancing on-ice skater Frankie Paul Tony (Photo: Pa/Ian West) The former professional soccer player, ambassador of the Fisheries Republic, stocked in Go Outdoors stores, spoke about his time in the game and his passion for fishing during Q&A sessions.

He said: “I have so many memories and won the Premier League twice.

“Last night we found out we played Huddersfield on the pitch here in 1993.”

Seaman is in top shape and he wrote down the jokes as technical issues stuck with the microphone, but revealed how he started fishing.

David Seaman (left) and Robby Williams before UNICEF 2024 Soccer AIDS at Stamford Bridge in London (Photo: PA/Bradley Collier) David Seaman has won three league titles and lifted the FA Cup four times during his Arsenal career (Photo: PA/Rui Vieira) He said: “When I was playing for Arsenal, we went to golf.

“I saw someone fishing and immediately calmed me down.”

Seaman told the crowd he was fishing in the yard “whenever he wants.”

He said: “I love peace and quiet, I love being in the countryside.”

The crowd gathered on the second floor, waiting for David Seaman (Image: Tiktok/@klohard) The event included giveaways for some customers, with the first 200 people passing through the door and receiving goody bags, but they had golden tickets worth £100 in-store vouchers and two silver tickets worth £50 each.

Tilly the Terrier, the town of Huddersfield, also appeared at the event.