“I want to see it come home!”: Former England keeper David Seaman issues plea to Three Lions ahead of Euros final
Former England goalkeeper David Seaman has made clear he is fully behind Gareth Southgate and his squad ahead of their Euro 2024 final against Spain on Sunday. Seaman, who made the winning save in a penalty shootout against Spain in Euro 96, also spoke of his pride at playing for England and how he wished he had won a trophy with them. Daniel Wales reports.
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00:00I would have loved to have won something with England, you know, and I was there at the start of the football's coming home song, you know, by Skinner and Baddiel, and I want to see it come home.
00:11You know, I really do want to be there when we win a trophy because that's going to be one hell of a party.
00:17You know, I sampled it as a player, and then now I'm really sampling it as a fan and I see what it means to everybody.
00:24And that's why I say I want to be there when we win something, because it's just going to be a great time.
00:30You know, it's been a long time, obviously, and we've got so close recently, but, yeah, it's just, yeah, I want to be there when football comes home.
00:39Seaman then spoke of how the European Championship brings him fond memories.
00:45Obviously, you know, the Euros brings back great memories for me, really fond memories.
00:50But, like, being in goal for a penalty, it's something that I used to look forward to because it's a chance of glory for the goalkeeper.
00:59And it's just something that, yeah, I was looking forward to it all the time, you know.
01:04Obviously, the pressure's on the penalty taker, you know, and I've done that before.
01:08I took one against Peter Schmeichel in a charity shield at Wembley.
01:11I put the ball down and the goal just seemed to shrink with Peter in it and he saved it easily, you know.
01:15But, you know, what's interesting is that, like, I've been sent a load of information from Hisense about penalties and successful penalties,
01:24and even penalties, you know, the ones where players miss, you know.
01:29They talk about, like, top left and top right being, like, the best position to go for if you can.
01:36But, obviously, it makes the target smaller.
01:38Bottom left for a right-footer is the most common, you know.
01:42And if you go low, then you've got the option of, like, hitting it along the ground.
01:46Obviously, not just bobbling it in, but, you know, you've got to hit it well.
01:50But it'll still, you know, especially if the pitch is away, it'll still zip in there.
01:54But, yeah, I was really impressed with the data that Hisense sent through.
01:58Seaman then alluded to playing for England being the biggest honour of his career in football.
02:05You know, obviously, I've won a lot of trophies with Arsenal.
02:08You know, playing in my first World Cup for England, even though that was just after U96, was a very special moment for me
02:16because I'm a lad from Rotherham and we didn't grow up with a lot of family.
02:20You know, my mum and dad were really hard workers.
02:22My dad was a steel worker.
02:24My mum worked in a bar, you know.
02:26So, you know, money and the pleasurable things, shall we say, went around a lot, you know.
02:31And I got from that, I got to play for my country in a World Cup, you know, and U96 as well, you know.
02:37So, you know, those are massive highlights, you know.
02:41But then, obviously, when I look back, I think of Arsenal and, you know, I won the double twice, you know.
02:47Won the league three times and the FA Cup four times, you know.
02:51I was successful a lot with Arsenal, but, you know, that's my only regret is that, like with England, I didn't get to win a trophy.